Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) will provide high quality arts education and foster community in five Minnesota prisons by empowering five student led advisory councils, teaching sixteen creative writing classes, and holding a public reading of student work.
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
MPWW will provide an in-depth arts experience in five Minnesota prisons that deepens craft knowledge, develops self-expression skills and fosters a habit of art. Each instructor will administer formal evaluations twice during each course to assess learning experience and progress. Instructors will also assess first and final drafts of student work. 2: MPWW will nurture sustainable writing communities inside five underserved Minnesota prisons by empowering students and cultivating a culture of mentorship. We will administer evaluations to advisory council members. We will track attendance at forums and class readings, the number of tutors who participate, and the number of inmates who have arts access for the first time.
MPWW provided an in-depth arts experience in five Minnesota prisons that deepened craft knowledge, developed self-expression skills and fostered a habit of art. Each instructor administered formal evaluations twice during each course to assess learning experience and progress. Instructors also assessed first and final drafts of student work. 2: MPWW nurtured sustainable writing communities inside five underserved Minnesota prisons by empowering students and cultivating a culture of mentorship. We administered evaluations to Advisory Council members. We tracked attendance at forums and class readings, the number of tutors who participated, and the number of inmates who have arts access for the first time.
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