Arts Learning

1. Seven counties were involved in this arts learning grant. The breadth of the grant reached both Alexandria and Austin, in addition to Rochester and the surrounding communities. The vast majority of participants indicated that they had never been involved in this type of arts learning activity and they stated that they had gained a lot of skills/knowledge from the classes offered. Methods/tools used included marketing to all the surrounding communities - using the Legacy Amendment acknowledgement gave clout to the project. According to surveys, over 95 percent of participants said they could: 1) Identify the elements of good creative writing, 2) Write four stories and prepare two stories for publication, 3) Develop the skills to verbally edit" written work for themselves and for others. 2. Both the instructor and the individual site programs provided evaluations for each session of the class offerings - the responses were overwhelmingly positive. 2: 1. According to the completed surveys, over 95 percent of participants said they could: 1) Identify the elements of good creative writing, 2) Write four stories and prepare two stories for publication, 3) Develop the skills to "verbally edit" written work for themselves and for others. Feedback included the following comments: "Good suggestions, gave me ideas, order and structure," "Simply excellent class and source of excellence in Kevin," "Thank you for this series. Brought me back to writing. Ideas freely expressed by participants with great help from Kevin," "Wonderful opportunity," "These classes came at the right time!" 2. Both the instructor and the programs provided evaluations for each session of the class offerings - the responses were overwhelmingly positive."