Community Arts Access Project

The Crossing Arts Alliance will provide 20 literary artists the opportunity to exhibit and perform their work in front of a live audience in a theater setting. 20 visual artists will be given an opportunity to have their work professionally displayed in a gallery setting and interact with art appreciators and fellow artists at the opening reception. The Crossing Arts Alliance will engage a cross-section of artists from Region 5 who are outside the immediate vicinity of the Brainerd Lakes area. The Crossing Arts Alliance will provide a platform for selected literary artists to showcase and present their work to a live audience, including poetry, prose, spoken-word and story-telling. The Crossing Arts Alliance will measure the outcome by the feedback from reception/reading attendees and participating artists and report back to Five Wings Arts Council. Feedback will be used for planning and implementing future programs. The Crossing Arts Alliance will report the number of participating literary and visual artists. The Crossing Arts Alliance will compile a list of counties from which artists submitted work for consideration. The Crossing Arts Alliance will track audience numbers and provide a guest book for comment to gain feedback on the project. The Crossing Arts Alliance will document oral feedback from conversations and social media. The project director will administer an evaluation for each artist participant to evaluate the level of engagement, artist participation and report demographics and quantitative data on a measured scale of satisfaction on various areas of the project.