Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Drum arts
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; 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; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Liz Engelman: dramaturg, founder and director of Tofte Lake Center; Jessica Peterson: essayist, playwright, co-founder of Yellow Tree Theater
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Esther Piszczek: mixed media and visual artist, arts instructor; Tom Morse: Program Director, Grand Marais Folk House; Judy Nelson: writer; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Lucy Soderstrom: program coordinator, Ely Folk School
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
To give new life to the old ways. We will do this by practicing our language and cultural activities. When the students learn they will be actively engaged. They wont be hearing about how to parch rice, they will be doing it. A measurable outcome for those activities would be them being able to describe the process and the different stages the item goes through, wether its meat being processed and preserved or natural materials gathered baskets or birch bark canoes. Language will be spoken constantly and correct verbal communication will be the measurable outcome. Just being available for a struggling kid will be a success. Some kids don't have anybody they can talk to or just sit with. Progressing from a steady drum beat to singing the songs, to leading songs will be a sign of success. Being able to teach a kid who doesn't know any language or how to tap a maple tree or putting out tobacco before you take from nature will be a sign of success.