Community Arts
Community Arts
Eat, Play, Read!.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.
Alneida Madrigal: Youth Programming, Organizational Development, General Administration; Kit Leffler: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Larry Weinberg: Artistic, Community Education, Youth Programming; Maia Maiden: Artistic; Margo Gray: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Pam Russell: Fundraising, General Administration, Volunteerism; Ying Vu: General Administration, Finance, Artistic.
ACHF Arts Access
Surveying participants will show that 80% of the children experienced theatre activities for the first time. The final performance showcase will demonstrate that they have worked together as a group to tell a story using skills they learned during the camp. Participants (7-9 year olds) will give daily feedback with age appropriate methods (fist to five, anecdotal feedback in the closing activity each day), which will be recorded by teaching assistants for evaluation. Teaching-artists and assistants will submit a final report evaluating the overall camp experiences, activities, and books. The advisory board will give post-showcase performance feedback.
Reluctant readers at the beginning of the week gained confidence by being able to re-read their part each day through out the week. The were able to experiment with different voices and expressions, and read multiple parts. The students who really struggled initially not only increased their ability to read with fluency, but their ENTHUSIASM for reading in general increased at high levels.