Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater's Family Albums/Across Generations will engage fifth graders and senior adults in two-week residencies in Duluth and Rochester, providing movement workshops and an original student performance.
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.
John Ginocchio: Director of bands and professor of music at Southwest Minnesota State University; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; David Hamlow: Installation artist and teacher; Gregory Neidhart: Director of Winona State University arts administration program, chair of art and design department, music faculty; Jennifer Nicklay: Grad student at U of M in the ecology of urban architecture; former education and outreach coordinator, Weavers Guild of Minnesota; Kathleen Ray: Published playwright and founder of Playing On Purpose Productions; Suchitra Sairam: Dancer, choreographer, and founder of Kala Vandanam Dance Company
ACHF Arts Education
SPDT will engage students in Duluth and Rochester to create and perform work based on family stories and connect them to senior adults in their communities. Evaluation Plan: class discussions, journals, meetings with teachers, parent/teacher/student evaluations. electronic surveys, performance videos, post-performance discussions between senior adults and students, written evaluations by senior adults and sta 2: Students and seniors will be introduced to skills in movement and storytelling as a meaningful source for the creative expression of personal experiences. Outcome assessed via daily participation, writing and journal exercises, performances, post-performance discussions, and participant evaluation forms. Students and seniors guided to respond and evaluate as part of the process of creating movement material
SPDT presented two-week residencies in Duluth and Rochester for students and seniors, creating performance work while connecting the generations. Class discussions; journals; meetings with teachers; student, parent, teacher, staff, and senior evaluations; post-performance discussions between audiences, seniors, and students; performance videos also used to evaluate the project. 2: Students and seniors were introduced to movement skills and choreographic concepts as a means for the creative expression of personal experiences. Outcomes were assessed via daily participation; writing and journal exercises; performances; post-performance discussions; and evaluation forms. Students and seniors were guided to respond and evaluate as part of the process of creating movement material.
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