Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
To involve 500 students in the active creation of art through the process of kite design, making, and flying. To involve the families of these 500 students in a deeper understanding and appreciation of the artistic process. To involve 50 elders in the community living in the Elders Home and in private homes in an involvement with the youth of the community in an artistic process. To make a community day of a Kite Festival in New York Mills that will be attended by the artists (students), the parents, and the elders of the community. To display kites in the gallery of the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and the Elders Home.1. 75% of student artists will complete a survey of their arts experience. 2. Of those completing the survey, 50% or more will identify the experience as a positive arts experience. 3. 20 seniors will complete a survey describing their experience in the Kite Festival. 4. 20 individual families will complete surveys identifying their experience in the Kite Festival.
The classroom surveys showed the following: 1. More than 90% of students surveyed enjoyed the kite making and flying experience. 2. More than 50% of students indicated that they planned to fly kites again on their own. 3. More than 90% of students indicat