Arts Access
ACHF Arts Access
To build relationships with members of organizations that serve groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant. The Minnesota Sinfonia will evaluate its achievement of outcome 1 by surveying the audience with written anonymous questionnaires that ask about program likes, dislikes, zip codes, etc., and by detailed discussions with community partners and sponsors. 2: Real or perceived barriers to participation are identified and addressed. The Sinfonia will evaluate its achievement of outcome 2 by asking in the surveys about concert program likes and dislikes, income levels, desirability of seeing the Sinfonia again, and if the respondent would recommend the Festival to friends.
To build relationships with members of or organizations that serve groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant: Survey results were very positive, with unanimous accolades and positive comments from respondents: I think this is great for our community, Love it my kids need the arts! Great job! God bless you all; Great! Fabulous event! Over 70% of respondents have household incomes below $35,000. Nearly 75% of respondents were non-white. Nearly 99% of respondents rated the music acts as excellent to outstanding. Nearly 70% attend four or fewer arts activities per year. Additionally, working more closely with FLOW (the Northside neighborhood business organization), Minneapolis Parks (Northside), several local churches and community organizations, provided a major boost to broaden and increase our audience base. The number of audience members increased more than two fold over last year, which of course bodes well for future festivals. 2: As planned, the Saturday Festival did present The Sounds of Blackness, and several other local groups made up of people of color. Additionally, local children were featured as narrators and dancers (from the Lundstrum Center for the Arts) in a production of The Ugly Duckling in the Sinfonia's performances. By including local groups, north side teachers and artists of color to work with the children, and by programming a broad variety of music, including some by composers of color, the Festival was able to start breaking down some of the barriers to participation. The Festival was free of admission charges, and of course children were welcome and their attendance encouraged. The Friday performance at Farwell Park, also featured the children in The Ugly Duckling, and was viewed by over 300 children who were bussed in from surrounding north side parks and community centers.
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