Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
EL and REACH Arts and Culture Trip.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Cindy Demers: visual art, education; Anna Johannsen: visual art, education; Amy Labat: music, education; Michele Leininger: writing, libraries; Janet Olney: visual art; Naomi Powers-Baker: music, education; Claire Swanson: visual art; Michael Van Keulen: theater, education.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Education
The main goal of this project is to overcome the barrier of poverty to arts access. In addition, it will also provide students an opportunity to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of art forms and expressions in their new home culture, as well as other cultures around the world. We include as many opportunities as we can fit into a weekend in order to keep the focus on the arts experience and will be supporting several well-established arts organizations. Students will complete a group project about the arts they explore, to be presented to the school and community. This will be presented at a community meeting and can be included as part of our final report to SMAC. They will receive credit for this to be accountable for the process. The students in this year's group are multilingual learners, or part of our REACH class, a curriculum that focuses on the social and emotional needs of at-risk students. Students will also be asked to reflect on the impact of the trip on their impressions of art and accompanying adults will be asked to reflect on what they learned on this trip, as well.
The students were surveyed before and after the event to gauge their engagement and attitude about art. 10/15 believed art had value before the trip; this increased to 15/15. All respondents said they saw something thy had never seen before on the trip, and 12/15 said they were encouraged to explore art more deeply after the experience.
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