Arts Legacy Grant
Arts Legacy Grant
The Digital Arts and Diversity Project will provide 4 presentations and hands-on workshops dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating cultural diversity. Activities are dedicated to 1) public presentation, digital arts learning, and public exhibition.
Elwyn Ruud: school residency coordinator; Briana Ingraham: musician, social policy manager; Janet Johnson: visual artist; Katya Zepeda: administrator, potter; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Charles Erickson: retired librarian, arts advocate; Therese Jacobson: visual artist, retired teacher; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, teacher; Kate Mulvey: artist, teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher; Paul Burnett, conductor; Deb Alexander, arts advocate.
Elwyn Ruud: school residency coordinator; Briana Ingraham: musician, social policy manager; Janet Johnson: visual artist; Katya Zepeda: administrator, potter; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Charles Erickson: retired librarian, arts advocate; Therese Jacobson: visual artist, retired teacher; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, teacher; Kate Mulvey: artist, teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher; Paul Burnett, conductor; Deb Alexander, arts advocate.
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, Mara Hanel (218) 745-8886
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of this program, Latinx youth and their families through digital art, will recognize their ability to celebrate and acknowledge underrepresented populations of their home community of Crookston Minnesota. Evaluation will occur through a series of measures that include pre and post meetings with project planners; audience interviews, informal observation, and a tallying of attendance for all activities.
The Arts and Diversity Project impacted 83 youth and adults. Of those participating in all 4 activities: - 84% demonstrated increased proficiency in local curatorial skill; - 63% demonstrated increased ability of participants to ask questions and comment on other's artwork; - 72% increased ability to articulate opinions around art, diversity and activism. 91% of all participants indicated an increased interest in learning more about the arts.