Community Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Learning Grant
The Art of Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are. Concert and Art Exhibit on community interconnections
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Participants in the "one community one song" choir sessions will learn to sing one song that includes harmony and unison elements. Children and youth as an ensemble will learn and perform the verses joined by the adults on the chorus. Participants in the dance sessions will learn African and Scottish dance movements. Choristers, dancers and audience members will gain a greater understanding of the ubuntu theme. Participants will be exposed to artists and/or community members where previously minimal or no interaction has occurred. Participants will be asked to respond to the following survey questions: Singing sessions: All: Did the singing instruction enable you to learn the song? Adults: Did the instruction enable you to hold your harmony part while other parts were being sung? Youth: Did the instruction enable you to sing the solo verses? Dance sessions: Did you learn dance movements derived from the African traditional dance? Did you learn dance movements derived from Scottish traditional dance? All learners: What did you learn about the concept of ubuntu that you didn't know before? Did you meet a previously unknown (to you) artist and/or community member as a result of the practice sessions and final concert?
Adult participants: • 100% responded in survey that the singing instruction enabled them to learn the song and to hold their harmony part while other parts were being sung. • 86% indicated meeting someone new as a result of the practice sessions and final concert. • 83% indicated learning something about the concept of Ubuntu that they didn’t know before. Youth participants: • 85% indicated the instruction helped them learn the song and movements. • 71% responded they met someone new during practice and final concert. • All students learned something about the concept of Ubuntu. Responses included: “That we are one” and “To stick together”.
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