Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Dylan Fresco: Musician/theater artist teaches poetry and songwriting to K-8 students, performs plays.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community.
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kendra Carlson: writing and theater instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth; Patricia Canelake: visual artist.
ACHF Arts Education
Our short-term goal with this project is to provide youth and adults in Cook County with excellent musical and theatrical entertainment, as well as fun, dynamic, and reflective participatory learning experiences. Our long-term goal is that, along with the many other unique projects we offer each season, this project will further our mission of engaging individuals and enriching our community through unique opportunities for personal, cultural, and artistic growth. Experiences like these can help foster growth through a deepening of personal and social insight and the acquisition of skills that enable individuals to make connections with a diverse array of people and communities they may encounter in life. Our short-term goal is measurable through immediate feedback. Our long-term goal is measurable through the impact we see our projects having on our community's activities and conversations, as well as the programming they request from us. This project's evaluation will include an assessment of post-event feedback both verbal and written (i.e., questionnaires filled out by student and teacher workshop attendees, surveys answered by public-performance audience members, and comments sent via social media, e-mail, and letter). Eighty or more total performance tickets sold and survey consensuses of high satisfaction at workshops and performances will be the marks of a successful project. The NSMA Director will present numbers and feedback to the Board at our November meeting for evaluation and discussion. We will use this information to design future programming that effectively meets the expectations and needs of our learning communities and audiences.
Our short-term goal with this project was to provide youth and adults in Cook County with great musical and theatrical entertainment, and fun, dynamic, and reflective participatory learning experiences. Our long-term goal was to further our mission of enriching our community through unique opportunities for personal, cultural, and artistic growth. We achieved both of these goals, as enthusiastically evidenced by the feedback we obtained from student workshop participants, school faculty, and public performance attendees. The student review were positive across the board, expressing that Dylan a great listener and inclusive activity leader, "really fun," "very cool," "a really nice person, so funny and a great storyteller and he trusts everyone," and "a very happy and accepting loving person with a creative mind and incredibly loving heart." The kids particularly enjoyed Dylan's stories, learning about his and each other's cultural and family traditions, writing songs, and drumming.
Other,local or private