Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Real Love Is...Art Engagement Project.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Courtney Kupsch: Fundraising, audience development, marketing, artistic; Kate Tucker: General administration, fundraising, education; Anton Jones: Artistic, education, community service, development; Molly Doran: Community service, development, volunteerism, general administration; Anna Eveslage: Artistic, education; Romi Slowiak: Organizational development, general administration, community service, development; Anitra Budd: General administration, audience development, marketing, organizational development.
ACHF Arts Access
The goals of the project are to have youth engage in the creative visualization process and to engage with the healthy relationship/relationship abuse issue. The secondary goal of the project is to have an art installation that can continue to be used to increase awareness and promote discussions with youth. Measurable outcomes include 1) having 8 youth actively engaged in leading the project; 2) having 200 youth engaged in local events where they participate in the arts activity and healthy relationship discussion; 3) 70% of youth participating with the project respond positively to survey questions about increased engagement with healthy relationship discussions and/or increased awareness of dating violence and resources; 4) completion of a final art installation for use in future public awareness work. The success of the project will be evaluated through: 1) Evaluation from the youth advisory council members who lead the project to determine what they learned and their skill development for engaging peers; 2) A count of youth who participate in local events and also looking to see who are new participants versus youth who have participated in other healthy relationship discussions; 3) The plans generated to promote the final art installation and further the project work.
Three significant outcomes from the project are: 1) YAB members developed the skills and confidence to take the project to the next level. They are next developing a curriculum to accompany the art installation for use in schools; 2) Several youth experiencing violence reached out during the art events and were connected with services; 3) More than 1,000 people engaged with the art project.
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