Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Clay Kismet Workshop: Youth Pottery and Paint Workshops
Tara Makinen: former-Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Tammy Mattonen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; 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; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Roxann Berglund: musician; Bill Payne: Professor of Theater at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, Artistic Director of the Duluth Playhouse Family Theatre; Betty Firth: writer; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher
ACHF Arts Education
Project Goals will focus on Delivery and Impact. Delivery- 1) Carry out instruction of non-binary ceramic projects, in alignment with MN State Standards in the Arts visual arts, age 10-13, grades 4-8 per workshop curriculum 2) Provide flexible scaffolding of project instruction, appropriate to beginner level, enrichment or experimentation of hand building pottery techniques, including but not limited to: ball, pinch, coil and slab techniques 3) Rapport in providing creative, safe space for all youth participants Impact- Regarding Student Participation- Following each workshop, Teaching Artist will complete the following Observational Evaluation regarding student impact, which will guide and inform on workshop adaptations- a. Level of Learning Engagement (entry, enrichment, experimentation) b. Group Project Interest c. Types of Experimentation beyond Initial Instruction d. Ways Learners Used Techniques from Instruction e. Rapport and/or Issues e. Notes to Self This work will be assessed by- 1) Observational Evaluation, by Teaching Artist 2) Anon. participant survey, gathered after the 3rd and 6th workshop (the half-way point, and, the final workshop) 1. Was there anything about the workshop today that was challenging for you or you didn't like? 2. Explain the theme of your project today. 3. What do you enjoy about this workshop? 4. What is a project you'd like to make sometime? 5. What other kinds of art do you like? 3) Lessons focus on MN State Academic Standards in the Arts, listed in the Lesson Plan attachment. Teaching Artist will consult the selected benchmarks and evaluate if outcomes were met for each lesson. 4) December 18th, in-person evaluation held with Emma Spooner, Engagement Director of the DAI and the Teaching Artist, to evaluate the collaboration, based on 1)Observed delivery of lessons, 2)Rapport with students and parents, 3)Expected follow-thru of DAI values for this type of community event, 4) Momentum opportunities.
All of my goals were achieved. I completed self-evaluations, and students completed a 3 week and 5 week evaluations on the workshop. Rapport was positive with each student and I connected with families at the end of class. Each project and corresponding lesson related to the Minnesota State benchmarks. Students had the chance to complete six different paint and pottery projects. Duluth Art Institute was highly conducive for a workshop of this nature and I look forward to continuing this activity in the future. I did have to pivot with which projects we completed, as the DAI required COVD testing before each class. Since class could not begin until everyone was present, we lost 1.5 hours of group time. I adjusted by having students work in sketchbooks as a warm-up, as we waited for all the tests to be complete. These sketches became a 2D art display that people were taking photos of at the last class. I still moved the group through 6, 3-D non-binary, personal projects.
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