Arts in Education Grants
Arts in Education Grants
Sponsorship of an artist-in-residence with Sowah Mensah, an African musicologist, for Warroad grades K-6, sponsorship of a writing residency with Rendon and Coulson, and purchase of dashiki costumes and gourd instruments for African music.
Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Therese Jacobson: visual artist, retired visual art teacher; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, English second language and special needs teacher; Kate Mulvey: performing artist, English second language teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher, advocate for Native American arts; Deb Alexander, arts advocate; Mary Beth King: music teacher; Karlace Taylor: arts advocate, piano instructor; Rena Bouchard: media arts and makeup artist, advocate for Latino arts; Mary Ann Laxen: visual artist; Sandy Zepeda: teacher, visual artist, advocate for Latino arts.
Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, English second language and special needs teacher; Deb Alexander, arts advocate; Karlace Taylor: arts advocate, piano instructor; Mary Ann Laxen: visual artist; Sandy Zepeda: teacher, visual artist, advocate for Latino arts.
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, Mara Hanel (218) 745-8886
ACHF Arts Education
As a result of this program, school aged children at Warroad Elementary, along with the greater Warroad community will be exposed to unique African music, instruments and culture that would not have been an opportunity otherwise. Evaluation will occur through a final performance at the end of the week long residency, along with multiple informal discussion with artist and non-artist peers in the school district and within the community.
Measurement has not been a core strategy for the artist-in-residence project at Warroad Schools with Sowah. While it is important to increase the community exposure through this work, our sole focus is not on increasing the number of concert attendees fro
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