Arts Learning
Arts Learning
The Jungle Theater will offer a 25-week playwriting education and mentorship program for young women ages 14-18, as well as playwriting workshops for the public.
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.
Jeffrey Bleam: Chair, department of theater and film studies, Saint Cloud State University; Heather Casper: Curator of education, Minnesota Marine Art Museum; David DeGennaro: Managing and creative director, West Bank School of Music; Prachee Mukherjee: Director of assessment, research and evaluation for St. Louis Park Public Schools; Adrienne Sweeney: Associate artistic director and director of external communications, Commonweal Theatre Company
ACHF Arts Education
Participants will gain knowledge of and skills in aspects of playwriting craft, including various styles, approaches, and perspectives. Demonstrations of learning/understanding of concepts through writing exercises and scenes and discussions/analyses of scripts and other participants' writing in class and with mentors. 2: Sixteen or more diverse girls aged 14-18 will develop confidence in telling their stories via playwriting from diverse, local, inspiring role models. Qualitative feedback provided by participants after each section and in written surveys completed at the end of the program; documented teaching artist and mentor observations.
Participants reported and demonstrated new knowledge of playwriting/theater + skills in writing, character development, storytelling and speedwriting. Evaluations completed by participants; participant demonstrations of learning observed/reported by teaching artists and mentors; evaluative reports on participants submitted in writing by mentors. 2: Seventeen diverse girls aged 14-18 reported confidence in writing, storytelling and sharing work, and reported being inspired by strong and diverse role models. Qualitative feedback and comments from participant surveys; mentor and teaching artist observations of participants documented in written evaluative comments.
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