Arts Access Grant (B)
Arts Access Grant (B)
The funds will assist Hubbard County Developmental Achievement Center to expand arts programming including the creation of a metal sculpture, a mural, and purchasing supplies for Art Bins that allow participants chose their creative endeavor.
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;
Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, and R2AC Board Member; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Katie Larson, theater artist and R2AC Board Member; Becky Colebank, visual artist, author, and R2AC board member; Arlene Kandert, arts appreciator; Ann Marie Newman, writer, storyteller, and theater artist; Kay Kallos, arts advocate and retired public art consultant; Eve Sumsky, fiber artist and musician.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of this program, adult participants with IDD and Pervasive mental illness will experience an increase of skills using tools for woodworking and new art medium that will increase knowledge and awareness of personal capabilities. Participation will help increase fine motor skills, large motor skills and provide confidence in the person's abilities, overcoming and challenging personal beliefs and perceptions of abilities, giving them the chance to exhibit and sell art in the community. Evaluation method will include a worksheet that will be completed by the artist, volunteers and staff after each session to measure participation, new skills learned, socialization and any accommodations that need to be made to help each artist be successful. Programming staff will work with each participant to establish goals and they will be reviewed after the workshops to see what new ideas each participant has for their future programming and what art they want to create in the future.