Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Funding for dance and music residencies at three St. Paul schools: Monroe Community School, the Creative Arts High School, and Highland Park High School. Students will have the opportunity to perform in Flying Foot Forum’s 2014 premiere of ALICE.
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Loren Niemi: administration, artistic, organizational development; Carol Sirrine: artist, education, youth programming; Carla Steen: artist, audience development; Regina Lickteig Neville: administration, organizational development, education; Carol Veldman Rudie: volunteerism, education, organizational development; Dayna Martinez: artist, youth programming, finance; Marisa Martinez: artist, education, community education; Kelly Carter: artist, administration, youth programming; Jodi Eiesland: Education.
ACHF Arts Education
Students will feel comfortable moving and dancing. Students will understand the historical and cultural connections of percussive dance forms. Students will gain technical skills and develop motor skills. Students will have a chance to experience dance as participants and observers. Students will have the confidence to perform for their peers.Evaluation will be verbal and written, at the end of each school residency, and at the end of the entire program. The process and performances will be documented for visual observation and reference.
Approximately 100 students at 3 St. Paul public schools learned percussive dance and its place in various cultures, and gained improvisational and performance skills.
Other, local or private