Arts and Cultural Heritage
Arts and Cultural Heritage
The Growth, Experience and Motivation Project will provide arts programming in many locations to at-risk and special needs youth, that include art, music, and creative writing. Funds will be used for artist fees, travel expenses, salaries, and supplies.
Julie Forderer: retired elementary and special education teacher at United South Central Public School, Wells, choreographer for school musicals and community theater events; Moni Harper: musician with the Fairmont City Band, the Trimont Centennial Band, and the bugler for Fairmont VFW and Legion Honor Guard, has served on the Boards for Fairmont Opera House and Civic Summer Theatre; Emily Heinis: writer, communications professional, and former english teacher,received the Prentice Hall Developing Leadership Award from the MN Council of Teachers of English, and served as Poetry and Visual Arts Editor for Blue Earth Review; Devon Lawrence: directs all 9th-12th grade bands at Waseca Jr. Sr. High School, Program Coordinator for River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps, performs with multiple groups including Little Chicago and Southern Minnesota's Real Big Band; Michael Looft: City Administrator for Winthrop and is an integral part of the Bavarian Blast music festival, New Ulm; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher and charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Kjerstin Moody: associate professor of Scandinavian Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, leads a Nordic Book Circle at the American Swedish Institute, served on the board of the Modern Literature Association (MLA) Nordic Literature group; Kerry Nagel-Allen: guardian and/or conservatorship for individuals with mental health, developmental disabilities and the elderly, served and volunteers with the Fairmont Opera House; Gabriela Roemhildt: St. Peter Recreation Department coordinating lifelong learning and entertainment programs for adults, has served on the board of Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra; Sandy Sunde: retired Language Arts teacher and high school musical director, member of Uniting Cultures Community Theater Board and CAPP-Comprehensive Arts Planning Program; Dave Wahl: singer, actor, and former musician, and an active board member of the Springfield Community Theatre; Mark Wamma: Music Director and Operations Director for Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra, teaches violin and viola, and a founding member of the Two Rivers Community Orchestra and River Valley String Quartet.
Julie Forderer: retired elementary and special education teacher at United South Central Public School, Wells, choreographer for school musicals and community theater events; Moni Harper: musician with the Fairmont City Band, the Trimont Centennial Band, and the bugler for Fairmont VFW and Legion Honor Guard, has served on the Boards for Fairmont Opera House and Civic Summer Theatre; Emily Heinis: writer, communications professional, and former english teacher,received the Prentice Hall Developing Leadership Award from the MN Council of Teachers of English, and served as Poetry and Visual Arts Editor for Blue Earth Review; Devon Lawrence: directs all 9th-12th grade bands at Waseca Jr. Sr. High School, Program Coordinator for River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps, performs with multiple groups including Little Chicago and Southern Minnesota's Real Big Band; Michael Looft: City Administrator for Winthrop and is an integral part of the Bavarian Blast music festival, New Ulm; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher and charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Kjerstin Moody: associate professor of Scandinavian Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, leads a Nordic Book Circle at the American Swedish Institute, served on the board of the Modern Literature Association (MLA) Nordic Literature group; Kerry Nagel-Allen: guardian and/or conservatorship for individuals with mental health, developmental disabilities and the elderly, served and volunteers with the Fairmont Opera House; Gabriela Roemhildt: St. Peter Recreation Department coordinating lifelong learning and entertainment programs for adults, has served on the board of Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra; Sandy Sunde: retired Language Arts teacher and high school musical director, member of Uniting Cultures Community Theater Board and CAPP-Comprehensive Arts Planning Program; Dave Wahl: singer, actor, and former musician, and an active board member of the Springfield Community Theatre; Mark Wamma: Music Director and Operations Director for Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra, teaches violin and viola, and a founding member of the Two Rivers Community Orchestra and River Valley String Quartet.
ACHF Arts Access
New relationships are built with groups that are traditionally underserved by the arts. Increase quality, types and groups that offer arts education and learning opportunities. Our evaluation methods includes questionnaires for all participants in the program. Some of the surveys include ratings and also narrative. That would include, all site staff, team leaders, interns, volunteers and speakers. The team leaders will be in charge of handing out the surveys to youth in the after school art programs. The intern will tabulate the results of the evaluations. Team leaders are required to complete year end outcome measurements to evaluate the youth we served throughout the school year. Copies of our evaluations and data are submitted in our final year end report. Another part of our method is using stories of success that our team leaders submit to our board when they have competed their teaching contract. The outcome matrix grid results gives a more accurate reading on the students and how we are making an impact.
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