Arts Learning

95% of participants report they learned several forms of puppetry. 95% of participants indicate they learned others' stories of queer identity. 60% of participants indicate they learned how their story intersects with queer history and community. 60% of participants indicate they learned to dialogue about their queer identity with others. 60% of participants indicate they learned other generational viewpoints of queer identity. 75% of audiences indicate they learned new stories and new ways of expressing stories. 50% of audiences and participants indicate they felt empathy for others through hearing and identifying with others' stories. We will photo and video document the process and performances to evaluate the artistic success of the performance and audience's reaction. We will record audience counts. We will video interview participants to gather feedback about the process and audience members' post-performance feedback of Animating Queer Stories for evaluation. We will give participants pre and post-assessments to understand how they changed from the experience. We will also provide all artists and organizations involved with an online surveymonkey evaluation/reflection of the process and performances. After the culminating events, hinterhands' Advisory Board and artists will review the online evaluations, video interviews, experiential process, financial success, and artistic documentation to evaluate at a final meeting in February, 2021. In a separate meeting, the artists will gather for dinner, conversation and viewing of video documentation to review to evaluate the artistic success of the project.