Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Kid's Clay Camp: Funding will support a series of paint and pottery workshops for Duluth youth.
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Roxann Berglund: musician; Bill Payne: Professor of Theater at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Liz Engelman: dramaturg, founder and director of Tofte Lake Center; Jessica Peterson: essayist, playwright, co-founder of Yellow Tree Theater
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Esther Piszczek: mixed media and visual artist, arts instructor; Tom Morse: Program Director, Grand Marais Folk House; Judy Nelson: writer; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Lucy Soderstrom: program coordinator, Ely Folk School
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Project Goals will focus on Delivery and Impact. Delivery- 1) Carry out instruction of non-binary ceramic projects, in alignment with MN State Standards in the Arts visual arts, grades 4-7 per workshop curriculum 2) Provide flexible scaffolding of project instruction, appropriate to beginner level, enrichment or experimentation of hand building pottery techniques, including but not limited to: ball, pinch, coil and slab techniques 3) Rapport in providing creative safe space for youth participants Impact- Regarding Student Participation- Following each workshop, Teaching Artist will complete the following Observational Evaluation regarding student impact, which will guide and inform on workshop adaptations- a. Level of Learning Engagement (entry, enrichment, experimentation) b. Group Project Interest c. Types of Experimentation beyond Initial Instruction d. Ways Learners Used Techniques from Instruction e. Rapport and/or Issues e. Notes to Self This work will be assessed by- 1) Observational Evaluation by Teaching Artist, included in Lesson Plan 2) Anon. participant survey gathered after the 2nd and 4th workshop (second and last) 1. Was there anything about the workshop today that was challenging for you or you didn't like? 2. Explain the theme of your project today. 3. What do you enjoy about this workshop? 4. What is a project you'd like to make sometime? 5. What other kinds of art do you like? 3) Lessons focus on MN State Academic Standards in the Arts, listed in the Lesson Plan attachment. Teaching Artist will consult the selected benchmarks and evaluate if outcomes were met for each lesson. 4) The first week of Feb, an in-person evaluation will be held with Emma Spooner, Engagement Director, and the Teaching Artist, to evaluate the collaboration, based on 1)Observed delivery of lessons 2)Rapport with students and parents 3)Expected follow-thru of DAI values for this type of community event and 4) Momentum opportunities.
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