Arts Access
Arts Access
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop will convene advisory councils of experienced students at seven prisons to help identify barriers to participation and work collaboratively with the councils to design and carry out twenty workshop offerings that will overcome those barriers and appeal to new writers.
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.
Catherine Belleveau: Founder and artistic director, Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective; Rhonda Dass: Associate professor of anthropology and director of museum studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Horslev Gilbert: Community outreach director, Holmes Theatre; McKayla Murphy: Program resources specialist at Girl Scouts River Valleys; dance instructor and program coordinator; Simon Sperl: Director of corporate and foundation relations. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities; Chelsea Unold: Free Arts progam manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Twin Cities; Julio Zelaya: Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project Coordinator with the American Civil Liberties Union
ACHF Arts Access
Incarcerated Minnesotans who've never tried creative writing will actively participate in writing workshops and readings shaped in part by their peers. We'll track the number of first-time students in classes. Arts instructors will administer evaluations at the beginning and end of courses to assess experience, progress and intent to continue writing. 2: Advisory Council Members will feel empowered by their new role in shaping arts programming and recruiting new writers to their artistic communities We will administer evaluationss to council members in seven facilities to see if they felt efficacious in program design and recruitment. We'll also track the number of first time participants and their intention to return.
Outcome 1: Incarcerated Minnesotans actively participated in writing workshops and readings. Tracked number of first-time students in classes, administered evaluations at the beginning & end of courses to assess experience, progress and intent to continue writing. Outcome 2: Advisory Council Members were empowered by their new role in shaping arts programming and recruiting new writers to their artistic communities. Council Members in 7 facilities evaluated to see if they felt efficacious in program design & recruitment. Tracked the # of 1st time participants & their intention to return.
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