Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Opportunity Partners' Arts Learning Program for People with Disabilities will provide adolescents and adults with disabilities an opportunity to experience theater, dance, and other art forms, through workshops held on-site, at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, and at Upstream Arts.
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Marys University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Lawrence Benson: Multi-media/genre expressionist, author, publisher; Julie Deters: Visual arts teacher, Cloquet School District, Award-winning educator; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Alison Good: Former commercial artist, educator and administrator; active community volunteer; Lori Janey: Board member of Minnesota Chinese Dance Theater; design engineer, Seagate Technology; Kimberly Meisten: Director of Community Engagement, VocalEssence; Education; Meghan Nodzon: Nonprofit arts organization development professional; Mary Reed: Craft artist, author and educator
ACHF Arts Education
Up to 380 people with disabilities will access art workshops adapted to their disabilities at an Opportunity Partners site or in the community, because we have removed barriers. We will track participants in workshops at six Opportunity Partners sites, at Minnetonka Center for the Arts and at Upstream Arts. People with disabilities will have access to arts learning programs adapted to their disabilities, either on-site where they are served, or in the community. 2: Up to 380 people with disabilities, who have limited or no access to arts learning programs, will access art workshops adapted to their disabilities. We will track participation and evaluate outcomes based on specific arts learning goals to insure that learners have been able to meet their goals because we have removed barriers and adapted learning to their disabilities.
Many strategic approaches were utilized to break down barriers to the Arts for the people we serve. Financial: we were able to provide for free, arts opportunities. Transportation: for all community locations transportation was provided, or artists came to our location. Social: programs were geared toward authentically learning and expanding social and work skills. Staff Support: Many of the people we serve require staff support or supervision. It is impossible for them to participate in outside art activities. By partnering with experts who adapt high quality arts experiences for people with disabilities and offering these programs during the day, we were able to build arts experiences into the structured day programs. Through these approaches, 192 Minnesotans were able to participate in high quality arts programming. 2: Through partnership with UpstreamArts, KAIROSalive, and the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, the underserved population of Minnesotans with disabilities were able to be engaged in arts learning programs. UpstreamArts provided programming in theater arts that supports work and social skills for people with disabilities. 51 percent of these participants experienced theater arts for the first time in their lives. KAIROSalive directed dance programming that helped increase physical function, artistic cognitive, and emotional-social skills for adults with disabilities. Minnetonka Center for the Arts adapted programming to offer mixed media visual arts experience in the community and at Opportunity Partners. Through these programs we saw integration of the people we serve into a community that allows for self-expression and understanding of the whole self.
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