Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities will combine the power of a teaching artist and neighborhood young artists to collarboratively create murals for its new headquarters in the Hawthorne neighborhood of North Minneapolis in an intensive twelve-week program.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Michael Carlson: Art teacher, art club advisor, and track and field coach at Foley High School; Amy Giddings: Music specialist, North Shore Community School, Duluth; Gail Johnson: Musician and teacher; Krystal Kohler: Development officer, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation; Danette McCarthy: Self-employed strategy consultant and teaching artist; Cynthia Orwig: Retired elementary school teacher; Erica Rasmussen: Artist; professor at Metro State
ACHF Arts Education
At least 80% of participants will maintain or increase their ability to express themselves by participating in/focusing on a group project. The participants will be surveyed before and after the designated projects using questionnaires to describe any changes in knowledge they have around the programming. Each question is ranked with a sliding scale of 0-4, with four being the strongest. 2: At least 80% of program participants will gain visual arts skills in graffiti, spray painting and mural design. The participants will be surveyed before and after the designated projects using questionnaires to describe any changes in knowledge they have around the programming. Each question is ranked with a sliding scale of 0-4, with four being the strongest.
94% of respondents reported that they increased their ability to express themselves by participating in/focusing on a group project. These results were gathered through a survey administered with youth. 2: 100% of survey respondents gained visual arts skills in graffiti, spray painting and mural design. These results were gathered through a survey administered with youth.
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