Partnership Grant
ACHF Arts Access
Up to fifteen new participants will receive introductory training, to help meet current demand while targeting currently underrepresented artists so that the pool of qualified artists reflects the state’s diversity. 2: A cadre of ten trained teaching artists wanting to move further in their work or discipline, focus their practice on particular care level, or learn to incorporate a new art form into their lesson plans will receive advanced training, with a goal of having them join the pool of master/trainer mentors for the future.
We were able to provide intro training to 20 teaching artists. More than 30 applied and we felt that these 20 were deserving of the training and should be included. We were also able to do this because we found matching funds of $20,000 from other funders to augment our budget. We targeted artists of color, men and those from under-represented areas of the state and had artists representing these target areas in the training. 2: We only had 4 artists who applied for this advanced training. We selected three to participate and one had to leave due to health issues. The two who completed the training set personal educational goals for themselves and worked with their mentors to achieve the goal. In future, this kind of self directed plan needs to be reconfigured because many of the artists are already working fulltime and therfore, feel they are learning on the job and don't need additional training.
Other, local or private