Arts Access Grant (A)
Arts Access Grant (A)
Funds will assist the Northern Artist Association to offer free art classes and workshops to community members at Gallery North in Bemidji.
Anna Larson, arts appreciator; C.T. Marhula, arts advocate; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Katie Larson, theater artist; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Germaine Riegert, literary artist and arts appreciator;
Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, and R2AC Board Member; Erin Marsh, poet and arts advocate; Ann Marie Newman, storyteller and theater artist; Susan Shelquist, Jackie Felt, Juleigh Prosser, Arlene Kandert, Cole Larocque, Jennifer Dunham, Elaine Kallos,
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of this funding, participants in the Warm Your Heart classes will experience increased knowledge and and skills regarding various artistic techniques across various genres and formats of learning through their interaction with experienced art teachers through hands on activities held at Gallery North Art Gallery. Evaluation methods include paper surveys administered post activity to measure whether participants experienced an increased measure of knowledge and skills. Teachers of the classes will collect anecdotal evidence of participant's increased knowledge and skills during the activity through conversation.
As a result of this program, 121 members of the local community were able to experience multiple levels of change in 17 different areas of art through hands on art experiences under the guidance of a master teacher.