Arts Learning
Arts Learning
History Theatre will pilot an intergenerational experience with Avalon School and Episcopal Homes. In arts residencies for youth and older adults, participants will create plays based on lived experiences and perform them at History Theatre.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Lawrence Benson: Independent scholar, artist and publisher; Aaron Drew: Visual artist; arts organization volunteer; BA in anthropology from U of M; Ann Heymann: Professional performer, composer, teacher and lecturer on the medieval Gaelic harp; Athena Kildegaard: Poet; lecturer, University of Minnesota Morris.; Linda Nelson-Mayson: Director, Goldstein Museum of Design; Theresa Remick: Managing director, performance center at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
ACHF Arts Education
Underserved adults and youth learn essential theatrical skills of playwriting and acting by creating scripts and performing together onstage. After each content area in a residency, artists lead participants to rate their proficiency with theatrical skills. On the final day, artists facilitate a response session to collect qualitative data. 2: Participants will learn how to collaborate as they add their unique artistic voices into a larger collaborative work. Pre and post program surveys and a final facilitated session will gage participants comfort and experience with collaboration before and at the culmination of the program.
7 arts residencies were held: five for youth serving 91 students and two for older adults serving 29 participants. After each content area in a residency, artists lead participants to rate their proficiency with theatrical skills. On the final day, artists facilitate a response session to collect qualitative data. 2: 120 Participants learned how to collaborate as they add their unique artistic voices into a larger collaborative work. Pre and post-program surveys and a final facilitated session gauged participant comfort and experience with collaboration before and at the culmination of the program.
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