Arts Legacy Grant
Arts Legacy Grant
Provide teachings to Warroad Public Schools students on traditional Native American dance styles with Woodland Sky American Dance Company.
Briana Ingraham: literary teacher, musician, social policy manager; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Therese Jacobson: visual artist, retired visual art teacher; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, English second language and special needs teacher; Kate Mulvey: performing artist, English second language teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher, advocate for Native American arts; Paul Burnett: veterinarian, music conductor; Deb Alexander, arts advocate; Mary Beth King: music teacher; Karlace Taylor: arts advocate, piano instructor; Rena Bouchard: media arts and makeup artist, advocate for Latino arts.
Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, teacher; Kate Mulvey: artist, teacher
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, Mara Hanel (218) 745-8886
ACHF Arts Education
As a result of this program, school aged youth and adult community members will develop an expanded understanding and knowledge of Native American song and dance styles, and become motivated to participate in Ojibwe culture and tradition practices. Evaluation will occur through counting audience numbers, questionnaires given the day of for community participants and audience members and a questionnaire given the day following the performance for school aged youth, interviews of participants and audience members experience, and their emotional reaction and impressions of the performance.
School aged youth and adult community members were excited by their new knowledge of Native American song and dance styles. When asked it seemed like they would be motivated to participate in Ojibwe culture and tradition practices in the future.