Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Summer Arts Week/Youth Art Classes at Backus Community Center.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy Varsek: education director, Duluth Art Institute; Kendra Carlson: writing and theater instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth; David Marty: former director of the Reif Performing Arts Center, Grand Rapids.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Drew Digby (218) 722-0952
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
1. Develop art appreciation within younger members of our community by exposing them to a variety of art forms and providing an opportunity to express themselves creatively. Success will be reflected in their return to Backus for future classes. 2. Provide a venue for area artists and teachers to share knowledge and expertise with children that don’t otherwise have an opportunity to experience arts education. Success will be reflected in post-course surveys and willingness to teach future classes. 3. Introduce youth to the dramatic arts, encouraging them to build performance and theatre skills. It is our goal that at least two new members will join in future Borealis Bards productions. Post-participation surveys will be issued to students, teachers, artists, and parents. Questions will include how to improve the program, what went well or not well, overall satisfaction levels, and what skills were gained during the week. Informal interviews with younger participants will be used to gather their satisfaction level and what skills they feel they gained. Responses to these surveys will be used to plan and improve future arts education classes.
Sixty-eight local youth, ages five ? 13, participated in arts learning activities for one week during their 2019 summer vacation. Participant evaluations, gained through both written format and oral interview, reported a 90% satisfaction rate with the instruction and what they learned. Eight adult teachers and three aids provided the instruction. 100 % of the instructors reported a high satisfaction of their involvement with the program.
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