Emergency Working Artist Project Grant FY21

This program will help to ensure sufficient resources to sustain the arts in the small communities of Calumet and Marble. Both are very rural and have a high poverty rate. I will provide art materials and instruction to the participants in this program who may not have any other way to get arts education. Because my art classes have been reduced by 50 % during the pandemic, this grant would help to sustain me through the next few months. I have been a teaching artist for the past 8 years. I have taught a wide variety of arts education classes with all age levels. I have a good relationship with the Calumet Library where I will hold the classes. The librarian in Calumet has a good relationship with her patrons and is able to promote the program to get the fullest participation possible. I am fully committed to sharing my love of art with all the participants I see in all my classes and look forward to being able to work with these individuals over a longer period of time to help them delve into the arts. I will know that I have been successful if I have been able to meet at least 10 people for 3 instructional sessions and then a final exhibit session. I will look at the work they have done in class and at home on their own to see that they are gaining skills that they can use on their own for the rest of their lives. I will discuss their plans to continue with the arts after the program is completed.