Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Talahi Community School will work with COMPAS teaching artist Christopher Lutter-Gardella to create ten large-scale puppets with third grade students for a parade. The puppets will be animal representations of the students' hopes, aspirations, and concerns.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Bradley Althoff: Managing producer and senior project manager, Classical MPR; Micahel Burgraff: Executive director, A Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls; Nathaniel Dickey: Associate Professor of Music; low brass, band; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Robert Gardner: Artistic executive director, Minnesota Ballet; Jane Gudmundson: Former education director, Plains Art Museum in Fargo
ACHF Arts Education
Students will construct and perform with largescale puppets extending their learning from previous projects with the artist. The student work created will be evaluated by students, teachers and the artist through student reflections and COMPAS online evaluations. 2: Following the parade students will demonstrate mastery through a craft talk describing the process/elements of their newly learned art form. The students' mastery will be evaluated by the artist and classroom teachers through online evaluations. They performance and conversation will also be documented and shared with all partners.
Students gained many new skills by actually creating two large dragon puppets that were each eighteen feet long. The actual evaluation was achieved in seeing the actual large puppets coming together. To see five different groups of students actually working together and achieving great results was tremendous. 2: Chris came back to hang the dragon puppets from the ceiling in the library. He held small group discussions with each class. From this experience the students have taken on some large puppet projects and the results are good. They had two residencies with Chris and his instruction has had a profound impact on the students.
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