Arts Learning

For 15 learners, our artistic goals are to create a short play with young artists based on a folktale from a Minnesota immigrant community, encourage children to explore storytelling through performing art, and introduce different folktales from multiple cultures to participants. We will give learners the opportunity to explore folktales from immigrant communities present in Minnesota in an artistic theatrical setting. We will collaborate as an ensemble on making a play based on a folktale from an immigrant community in Minnesota. We will use the tools of an actor (body, voice, imagination, concentration and collaboration) in order to express a character’s thoughts and feelings. We will bring a diverse group of children together over the summer to create art. We define artistic success for this project by having all learners participate in choosing a folktale, creating a character, contributing to the overall making of the play and performing in front of an audience. At the end of every session the artists will give learners the opportunity to express a highlight of the session and something that was difficult for that learner that day. The teaching artists will set aside time the final day to survey the participants in a large group to see if they feel they have explored folktales from immigrant communities present in Minnesota in an artistic theatrical setting; collaborated as an ensemble on making a play based on a folktale from an immigrant community in Minnesota; and used the tools of an actor (body, voice, imagination, concentration and collaboration) in order to express a character’s thoughts and feelings.