Community Arts
Community Arts
Poetry and Pie in the Park.
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.
Aryca Myers: Volunteerism, Audience Development / Marketing, General Administration; Brenna Depies: Youth Programming, Community Education, Artistic; Dan Pinkerton: Artistic, General Administration, Audience Development / Marketing; Kate Lucas: Fundraising, Artistic, Education; Kelli Miles: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Nikkyra Whittaker: Artistic, Volunteerism, Youth Programming; Tri Vo: Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic, Organizational Development.
ACHF Arts Access
We will draw at least 200 people to the event. Audience surveys will show that at least 50% of the attendees report an increased connection to poetry because of the event. The Project Coordinator will count participants. We will have paper and markers on a table at the end of the pie line where people can write comments and put a check next to a few simple statements in lieu of a survey.
Quantitative: 175 people attended Poetry and Pie. Qualitative: We put out a large stretch of paper on the table where the drinks were served and asked people to write what this event means to them. Instead of writing, we had many drawings, not just by children, but adults too. There were images of trees, pies, people gathered. It was a stunning visual response that we are interpreting as positive