Arts Legacy Grant
Arts Legacy Grant
Produce several projects, including a dinner theater, Radio Readers' Theater, host the Fargo-Moorhead Youth Opera, and the TRFACT 25th Anniversary Revue.
Elwyn Ruud: school residency coordinator; Briana Ingraham: musician, social policy manager; Janet Johnson: visual artist; Katya Zepeda: administrator, potter; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Charles Erickson: retired librarian, arts advocate; Therese Jacobson: visual artist, retired teacher; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, teacher; Kate Mulvey: artist, teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher; Scott Valdes: sculptor; Paul Burnett, conductor.
Briana Ingraham: musician, social policy manager; Janet Johnson: visual artist; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Charles Erickson: retired librarian, arts advocate; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher; Scott Valdes: sculptor.
ACHF Arts Access
As a result of this project, opera will be introduced to middle and high school students and myths surrounding the art form will be dispelled. We will increase the number of audience members from 448 to a minimum of 600 in 2020, an increase of 25%. Evaluation will occur through a follow-up meeting with presenters, numbers of youth who participated, and a questionnaire given to participants immediately after the session has concluded about their experience and attitudes toward opera.
We presented the Fargo-Moorhead Opera to 137 youth, exposing them to opera. Students were engaged and asked questions in the 3 sessions. Numbers were good and sessions effective, but we didn't see as many students as planned due to scheduling issues. We increased the audience for the evening concert from 19 in 2019, to 71 in 2020. TRFACT Board members and opera company personnel met following. All felt the project was a success and would pursue again in the future.
Other,local or private