Arts Learning
Arts Learning
CommonBond, in collaboration with EngAGE, will offer semester-long multidisciplinary arts classes for seniors at affordable senior living communities in Minneapolis and the west metro. Classes will conclude with a performance or exhibit in the community.
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.
Bradley Althoff: Managing producer and senior project manager, Classical MPR; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; Jane Gudmundson: Former education director, Plains Art Museum in Fargo; Kao Ly Ilean Her: Chief executive officer, Hmong Elders Center; former executive director, State of Minnesota Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans; Paul LaJeunesse: Assistant professor of art, College of St Scholastica; Andrew Nordin: Painter; Arts Board grantee; Molly Sheeley Melton: Educator, school for Environmenta Studies in Apple Valley
ACHF Arts Education
75% of older adults will develop skills in two or more art disciplines that tap into their creativity and facilitate continued arts exploration. This will be evaluated using a survey at completion of each program. Repeat participation in classes will be measured. Additional information will be obtained from participants at annual focus groups at each site. 2: 75% of older adult participants will experience decreased isolation and an improved sense of connection with others. The project will be evaluated using a pre/post participant survey, designed by Touchstone Collaborative Inquiry for the Aroha Philanthropies Seeding Vitality Arts Initiative and adapted by EngAGE and CommonBond staff.
66% of 56 residents participated in two or more classes, learning skills in two or more art mediums. Pre- and post-surveys, as described in our application, were used for each of the twelve classes. 2: 81% of participants reported that they formed new or stronger relationships. Pre- and post-surveys, as described in our application, were used for each of the twelve classes.
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