Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Performance Lab: performing arts workshops in public schools.
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.
Marlina Gonzalez: General management, administration, artistic, education; Kathryn Ross: Fundraising, general administration, organizational development; Shelley Quiala: Education; Linda Dorn: Organizational development, planning, volunteerism, education; Betsy Gaasedelen: Artistic, education; Melinda Ludwiczak: Community education, education, general administration; Nekessa Julia Opoti: Artistic, community service, development, youth programming; Akiem Scott: Artistic, computer systems, web design, education; Sherine Onukwuwe: Artistic.
ACHF Arts Education
Three teaching artists (dance, acting, beat boxing) are in residence at six public schools in underserved and diverse communities, leading interactive performing arts workshops with an average class size of 20-30 (serving 240-360 students). Participation in the workshops requires concentration, determination, discipline, and mastery the building blocks for a successful life. Our three-month residencies help students build these traits while channeling their energies toward clear, achievable goals: to learn skills in the performing arts and discover their own potential. Minneapolis Music Company artistic director Mischa Santora attends all workshops, assesses each one, and communicates with teaching artists directly about necessary changes. In addition, we have used student/teacher evaluations in the past to improve and develop Performance Lab to its current structure (the 2017-18 evaluations will again give us invaluable input to help us improve and shape this program).
Performance Lab this year reached ca. 250 students in diverse and economically challenged communities. All students and teachers/staff were exposed to, and engaged by top-notch Twin Cities performing artists throughout the residencies. Every residency culminated in a final performance, channeling students' creative energies, focus, and fostering team spirit.
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