Arts Learning
Arts Learning
COMPAS teaching artists will work with over 1,200 students in metro and greater Minnesota public schools to develop new artistic skills and create new art in response to exploring the local environment or an issue related to the environment.
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
80% of students will demonstrate increased ability and confidence in grade-level visual or literary arts skills chosen by each school. Artist and classroom teachers will view and assess student work early in the residency and the newly created art work at the end; students will create written reflections on their creative experiences. 2: 80% of students will use the process of making new art/writing to experiment with and reflect on a concept or issue about the environment. Classroom teachers and/or teaching artist will assess works created by students, document topics explored and complete a questionnaire. Students will create written reflections on the concepts.
About 85% of students showed increased ability or confidence in the visual or literary art form selected by their school. Teaching artists and classroom teachers reported on skills taught and what learning they witnessed as students created and presented their art. Students wrote reflections in response to five questions. 2: About 80% of students used art making to reflect on their environment or to observe it more closely. Teachers and teaching artists assessed student work and the conversations they had with students. Student reflection questions included questions about how much and what kind of environmental things they learned.
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