Partners in Arts Participation
TSE will create an artist-in residence weaving program to support Weavers Guild teaching artists for six TSE students. The project will focus on learning opportunities to achieve business development.
ACHF Arts Access
Real or perceived barriers to participation are identified and addressed. Partnerships are developed between social service organizations and arts organizations to better serve underserved communities. Social or human service organizations use arts to help achieve their service goals.
This outcome was achieved based on the ability of six students with disabilities to learn a type of art, Saori weaving, to a degree in which each student was able to complete both individual and group projects. These students also became successful in their ability to practice Saori weaving techniques at an almost independent level where the teaching artist provided minimal support. This achievement was assessed based on each person's ability to complete pieces to present in a gallery show scheduled for October 2014. 2: The six students with disabilities are an artistically underserved population in that access to a skill and art form like Saori weaving would not have presented itself without the creation of an opportunity such that this grant allowed. The TSE, Inc. and Weavers Guild of Minnesota partnership became so strong that it developed beyond the grant. The teaching artist is continuing to volunteer to work with these students to further grow their Saori weaving skills. The result has also been that a new community partnership has developed with Homewood Studios for these students to share their Saori journey and art with the public.