Community Arts
Community Arts
Weaving Stories Through Tapestry
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayala: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Vice President for Advancement; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of MN Founder and Executive Director; See More Perspective: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter, LLP Attorney; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Deanna StandingCloud: Tiwahe Foundation Program and Community Network Director.
Adlyn Carreras: Artistic, General Administration, Education; Bob Olsen: General Management, Administration, Organizational Development, Planning, Fundraising; Cheryl Caponi: Organizational Development, Finance, Artistic; Cristeta Boarini: Community Education, Community Service, Development, Artistic; In i Augustine: Volunteerism, Community Service, Development, Audience Development, Marketing; Mary Jo Lewis: Artistic, General Administration; Rachel Bender: Community Education, General Administration, Education; Samty Xiong: Organizational Development, General Administration, Community Education; Sue Swenson: Education, Community Education, General Administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Compared to average past weekly gallery attendance of 40, the number of visitors to the gallery tapestry events weekly during six weeks will increase, as will the number attending the Artist's Reception (more than the average of 60), and we hope to expand the number of senior care facility units that bring groups to the tapestry sessions from five to 8. Senior visitors will engage with the tapestry experience at a level of 75-80% of the group, across at least 75% of the activities offered during these sessions. We will receive formal feedback from visitors and docents that rates the effectiveness of the artist's presentations in eliciting responses from senior guests, and verbal and written comments that we will record, collect, and share to document the impressions and learning that the experience leaves with visitors. An interview about the artist and the senior project and a subsequent newspaper article (and the feedback it attracts) will provide anecdotal and subjective information about the quality of the project.