Arts Access
Arts Access
HUGE Improv Theater will expand access to the art form of improv, reaching Minneapolis' Latinx community in the Lyndale neighborhood.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Heather Allen: Program officer, Central Minnesota Arts Board; Adam Courville: St Paul Public Schools fund development and grant management; Robert Kern: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Rupa Nair: Dancer with Katha Dance Theatre; cost controls specialist with construction company Weston Solutions; Mónica Segura-Schwartz: Board member, GREAT Theatre, Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, St Cloud School District
ACHF Arts Access
Ten or more Latina students will participate weekly improv courses, an arts experience they would otherwise not have access to or knowledge of. Through a deliberate evaluation plan collecting qualitative and quantitative data including surveys, interviews, enrollment, attendance and outreach activity logs. 2: 90% of students will self-identify as having increased connection to improv and a reduced sense of community isolation. Through a deliberate evaluation plan collecting qualitative and quantitative data including surveys, interviews, enrollment, attendance and outreach activity logs.
A total of 36 Latina students participated in weekly improv courses over two 10-week sessions. Enrollment and attendance were tracked, and the evaluation plan executed to gather qualitative and quantitative feedback from participants. 2: Over 90% of students self-identified as having increased connection to improv and a reduced sense of community isolation. In pre/post surveys, 100% of participants increased their rating or remained at the highest available rating for connection to HUGE/improv and connection to the Lyndale neighborhood. Average final ratings were 4.7/5 and 4.9/5 respectively.
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