Community Arts Access Project

Participants will be skilled in working collaboratively on an arts project. Participants will learn lines, songs and dance to perform a show. Participants will learn the discipline required to perform a live theater show. An evaluation rubric will be developed that the evaluator, the participants and the actor/directors will use with the children to determine their learning and growth throughout the week long residency. We will work with the visiting artists, to make them aware of the skills we are tracking, and to ensure that special focus is being given to teaching these skills. We will hire an outside evaluation person to shadow the project, interview participants and document the children's progress in a qualitative and quantitative manner. This person will tabulate the results and share them with participants, parents and the Staples Motley Area Arts Council board. The $300 amount in the budget will be paid to the evaluator for their services. We have a local person who is skilled in evaluation whom we will hire to provide the service. Children will have a chance to do some self-reflection and evaluation of their progress as well.