Arts Access
ACHF Arts Access
Homeless youth, ages 14-21, will learn mosaic or painting skills, complete portions of a public art mural, and teach others some of these skills. COMPAS will track youths’ mosaic and painting skills at the beginning and end of project. COMPAS will track youths’ mosaic and painting skills at the beginning and end of project, progress made towards completing the mural, and how youth helped others at community art-making sessions. 2: Community members will learn mosaic and/or painting skills during community art making sessions. We will ask people who take part in community mosaic-making sessions about their past experiences making mosaics.
Youth, ages 14-24 (80% have been homeless), completed a painted mural and portions of a mosaic mural. A few also taught others some of these skills. Lead artists evaluated apprentice work throughout the project and worked with them to improve skills. At the end of the project, early work was compared to later work. Apprentices also filled out a survey for self-evaluation. Progress on the murals was monitored by artists and apprentices. The BNSF mural was completed and 103 mosaic pieces were completed. Staff did on-site training during community art-making events and monitored the youths' interactions throughout the event. 2: People learned mosaic concepts and skills during community art making sessions. They also learned about painting skills. We talked to people during the art-making sessions and asked them about previous art making experiences. Very few had mosaic experience; many had painting experience (which ranged from painting a wall to painting a picture, to finger painting). We tracked the art supplies we provided and the type of art people created with them. We tallied (to the best of our ability) the number of people who made art with us.
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