Arts Learning
Arts Learning
East Side Freedom Library and master drummer Babatunde Lea will provide a 34 week clinic in African drumming techniques for East Side Saint Paul students in grades 5-12. Clinics meet for two hours twice weekly from September 2018-June 2019, culminating in four public performances.
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.
Susan Berdahl: Marketing and grant writing contractor; Karen Charles: Founder, artistic/executive director, Threads Dance Project; Nolita Christensen: Community and nonprofit management consultant; woodworker; Alexander Legeros: Development officer, Museum of Russian Art; bassoonist; Kathleen Ray: Published playwright and founder of Playing On Purpose Productions; Therese Vogel: Community education director, Ulen-Hitterdal Public Schools; executive director, Top Hat Theatre; Sydney Willcox: Painting and ceramics teacher, Como Park Senior High School
ACHF Arts Education
East Side youth from diverse communities learn to express themselves through African drumming. Master drummer Babatunde Lea and three teaching artists will provide students with direct feedback on their progress. Students will present four public programs, whose audiences will participate in structured evaluation. 2: Students learn context for their artistic work, from origins of African drumming to the roles of music in community expression today. Master drummer Babatunde Lea and ESFL Director Peter Rachleff will assess students' knowledge of drumming's place in the African diaspora and the roles of music in cultural expression in East Side communities.
East Side and other youth of color learn to express themselves through African drumming. Master drummer Babatunde Lea and other artists provided students of communities on the East Side of Saint Paul and other Saint Paul neighborhoods with direct feedback on their progress. 2: Students learn context for their artistic work, from origins of African drumming to the roles of music in community expression today. Master drummer Babatunde Lea and ESFL Director Peter Rachleff join to provide historical context and the evolution of music in the African Diaspora.
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