Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Upstream Arts will carry out residency programs in the special education classrooms of 25 Minneapolis public schools, bringing theater, music, dance, visual arts, and poetry to 375 students with disabilities.
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
Minneapolis Public Schools students with disabilities will widen their creative expression and gain social/communication skills vital to school and life. Pre/post-program evaluations on each student will measure increased creative expression and social and communication skill improvement. Pre/post meetings between artists and Special Education teachers will allow for outcome and impact assessment.
Minneapolis Public Schools students with disabilities widened their creative expression and gained social/communication skills vital to school and life. Pre/post-program evaluations on each student measured increased creative expression and social and communication skill improvement. Pre/post meetings between artists and Special Education teachers allowed for outcome and impact assessment.
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