Arts Access
Arts Access
Black Art Re-Entry Welcome & Intervention Program will engage twenty ex-felons in artistic and job skill development that will help them integrate into the community through the creation and marketing of quality artistic products.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Rachel Carlson: Poet, novelist; nominated for Minnesota Book Award; Adam Courville: Puppet program coordinator, PACER Center; studying for master's in nonprofit management at Hamline; Elizabeth Jaakola: Musician; music educator at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College; Annette Lee: Astrophysicist and artist; Arts Board grantee; Kue Xiong: Multidisciplinary artist, digital media producer, and music composer; Ahmed Yusuf: Writer and playwright; Christopher Zlatic: Artist; studio director at The Bindery
ACHF Arts Access
Twenty B ex-felons will connect to Obsidian Arts through visual arts and career development activities directed by leaders and artists. Leaders and artists will track how participants connected to Obsidian Arts by gaining artistic and job development skills. They will assess how participants felt about the quality of the activities. 2: The twenty B ex-felons will gain new artistic and job development skills that can provide a pathway to re-entry into the community. Evaluations will determine how activities served ex-felons, and if they perceived barriers. Leaders and artists will assess how many participants were able to transfer new skills to a career path.
1) 19 program participants who are traditionally underserved by the arts now feel they have a relationship to the arts and a network of artists. Surveys we given to program participants and feedback verbally by participants during learning period. 2) 19 Program participants gained artistic skills and developed transferable job skills and insights. Surveys were given to program participants and feedback verbally by participants during learning period.
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