Arts Access
Arts Access
Funds will assist the Hubbard County DAC's Northern Hearts studio program to provide integrated workshops in paper making, painting, native beading and leather working with local artists and community members.
Anna Larson, singer-songwriter and visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Shawna Wendler, arts reporter for local paper; Georgia Connelly, visual artist; Laurie Turner, art appreciator and arts advocate.
Anna Larson, singer-songwriter, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Shawna Wendler, arts reporter for local paper and R2AC Board Member; Kay Kallos, arts advocate and retired public art consultant; Mary Therese, past R2AC Artist Fellow, painter, and batik artist; Ann Marie Newman, writer, storyteller, and theater artist; Deedee Narum, visual artist; Darcy Bambrink, visual artist; Paul Dove, artistic director of Northern Light Opera Company and retired professor of music; Connie Nunemaker, musician; Isabelle Harmon, visual artist; Eve Sumsky, fiber artist and musician; Dee Sweeney, visual artist and musician; Arlene Kandert, arts appreciator;
ACHF Arts Access
As a result of this program, adults with disabilities and mental illness will learn new skills in native beading, papermaking, and other visual arts. Participation will increase skills and confidence that allow individuals to overcome and challenge personal beliefs that hold them back, to allow pursuit of goals of trying new things, creating art, sharing art, exhibiting art and selling their art in community settings. Participating in the arts will help increase confidence to help individuals integrate in their community. Evaluation methods include a survey to the teaching artists, guest artist, clients and community participants after the class to measure engagement, quality of learning, if goals were met and what the individuals would like to change. Do we need any accommodations for any to the participants' The data will be used to evaluate the success of programming to to plan future programming. Data will also be used to report individual progress for DAC artists during their yearly planning meetings with program team, families and caseworkers to establish goals for the upcoming program year. Data will also be use to establish financial budgets for future programming and help us choose artists for future workshops.