Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Collaborative Youth Theater Project.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Lynne Beck: Fundraising, audience development, marketing; Kristi Gaudette: Education, artistic, disabilities specialist, community education; Kathleen Spehar: Artistic, general management, administration; Josh Wise: General management, administration; Hilary Smith: Fundraising, artistic, volunteerism; Justin Christy: Education, general management, administration; Al Onkka: Organizational development, education, audience development, marketing; Kevin Yang: Youth programming, community service, development, artistic; Sai Chang: Volunteerism, fundraising, general administration, youth programming; Caroline Taiwo: Artistic, audience development, marketing, organizational development.
ACHF Arts Education
Seventy-five percent of participants will state they creatively contributed to this project, have increased personal confidence in a theater-related ability, acknowledge a positive value in cooperative effort, state increased personal pride from participating in this production, and are likely be involved in another theater production. Staff will utilize surveys and/or reflection sessions to collect evaluation data from youth participants.
Forty-three youth from two mobile home communities contributed to the performance. Of these, twenty-six participated in all, or a substantial part of the process. Seventy-five percent of surveyed participants stated that teamwork was an important part of making the performance happen. Sixty-five percent of surveyed participants believed they made creative contributions to the project.
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