Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Adults with Disabilities, Expressing the "Art of Me"
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayala: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Vice President for Advancement; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of MN Founder and Executive Director; See More Perspective: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter, LLP Attorney; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Deanna StandingCloud: Tiwahe Foundation Program and Community Network Director; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade: Stage Technical Designer and Director.
Alyssa Anderson: Artistic, Audience Development, Marketing, General Administration; Anitra Budd: Artistic, Education, General Administration; Audrey Park: Community Education, General Administration, Audience Development, Marketing; Loren Niemi: General Management, Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development, Planning; Maggy Otte: Organizational Development, Artistic, Fundraising; Natalie Wass: Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Robyne Robinson: Artistic, General Administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Fifteen adults with intellectual disabilities and their four support staff members will participate in an 18-week multi-medium workshop and culminate in a live performance. 93% of the participants will experience a broader range of ways to express themselves through the arts. We will want to see the measurement of how The Art of Me has increased engagement, creative expression, understanding and knowledge of the arts, as well as improvement of self-expression, conversation, and group participation skills. Merrick staff members support clients in small groups. They become very familiar with each person's abilities, desires, and also their limitations. After completion of the program, our staff will work with clients to answer evaluation questions, recording answers given by those clients who are verbal, and for those who are not verbal, staff will answer the questions based on observations.
Twelve adults with disabilities and 4 staff participated in workshops in painting, role-playing, music, dancing, story-telling, and non-verbal conversations. 100% of the participants experienced a broader range of ways to express themselves through the arts. Twelve clients, 4 support staff, and eight artists presented produced a multidisciplinary show attended by 60 audience members.
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