Arts Access
ACHF Arts Access
The Ordway and partnering organizations and individuals will deepen their relationship by growing their collaborative community arts programming. The project engages at risk youth from WE WIN Institute, Loveworks Academy, and Voice of Culture as arts learners and performers, hosting workshops led by teaching artists to lead up to a professional performance at the Ordway with Lula Washington Dance Theatre. 2: The project provides access to an Ordway performance, and experiential arts learning by members of multicultural communities in the Twin Cities. Through ticket and bus subsidies, stipends to teaching artists and organizational partners, food, space, and transport to rehearsals will enable access for all participants to exceptional arts learning experiences.
The Ordway along with leadership from partnering organizations, brought 60+ youth together to engage in a collaborative artistic and cultural learning experience. GrayHall LLC consulted with Ordway staff, observed rehearsals on a monthly basis, facilitated a youth focus group, and conducted interviews with family members and staff from partnering organization. 2: Rehearsals held at convenient North Minneapolis locations allowed for greater youth participation. Subsidized tickets and free transportation helped family members to engage as audience members. GrayHall LLC consulted with Ordway staff, conducted interviews with family members and partnering organization staff regarding how well they felt barriers were addressed by the Ordway. Gray Hall also recorded numbers of subsidized tickets used for the final performance at the Ordway.
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