Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Red Lake Nation College was awarded $5,458 to work with Navajo playwright and theatre maker Rhianna Yazzie of New Native Theatre in Minneapolis to write and present an original one-act play.
Sandra Roman: retired art teacher, author; Laura Grisamore: photographer; Jill Johnson: author; Mary Therese: visual artist, fiber artist; Susan Olin: musician; Laura Dropps: visual artist; Becky Colebank: author; Corryn Trask: musician.
Sandra Roman: retired art teacher, author; Laura Grisamore: photographer; Jill Johnson: author; Mary Therese: visual artist, fiber artist; Susan Olin: musician; Laura Dropps: visual artist; Becky Colebank: author.
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As a result of this program Red Lake Nation College students will have opportunity to see a native driven story and process by New Native Theater when they present for the RLNC and larger community in fall of 2018. For the first time create an original theater production to perform at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) competition and for their college and larger community. Because of this experience being positive for those students and adult leaders, a permanent theater group will form at the Red Lake Nation College which will prepare a theater production each year for the larger community and for the AIHEC One Act Play competition which travels to US locales. Video interviews will be conducted / transcribed of participants (actors / designers / artists) in which they will be asked a series of questions that target positive /negative experience to quantify in graphic to indicate overall experience ( Likert Scale 1-5 - five being excellent ) and whether they are motivated to be part of a theater group at RLNC in the future. Focus will be on skills, knowledge, and understanding gained as well as overall process. iPads will be tool used to gather.
For the revised project, outcomes were community engagement with live theater, college student participation in live theater, and increased student interest in future theater activities at RLNC. Nearly 200 community members came to 3 performances by New Native Theatre and the RLNC Student Theatre (sign-in sheets). 12 students participated as actors and playwrights, a new experience for them. Now they are considering fully staging one of these plays for the AIHEC conference next March.
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