Community Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Learning Grant
Minnesota Discovery Center Ojibwe Arts Learning Activities
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.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Drew Digby (218) 722-0952
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
In the short term, we want these classes filled to capacity and to increase cultural understanding while teaching participants new art forms. After interacting with the Ojibwe arts, we hope our attendees will come away with an interest in Ojibwe culture and art that they did not have previously. In the long term, we aim to educate our community regarding under-represented cultures, to increase public awareness of the educational and arts programming we offer at Minnesota Discovery Center and to build a reputation as a welcoming and inclusive place for people of all backgrounds. During the workshops, staff will note participation while interacting with the attendees. We will measure our outcomes through the use of surveys created by our Market Survey Analyst. We will measure the number of participants attending and the observable skills learned (singing, instrument-playing, beading). We will measure the knowledge of the subject before and after the event, rate the quality of the event, rate the likelihood of attending a similar event and provide demographic information. We also will survey the artists for their input. We will hold post-event meetings of Minnesota Discovery Center staff for event evaluation. We will also note coverage in social and traditional media that we receive.
We measured outcomes through the use of paper surveys provided to the participants and the artists when they arrived at our facility. Submission of the surveys was voluntary, and not all participants and artists completed the surveys. The surveys provided had specific measurable outcomes for participants and artists. In addition to demographic information, we measured the following from participants: -Knowledge of subject before the class. -Knowledge of subject after the class. -Overall quality of the event. -Quality of the artists. -Quality of event space and facility. -Helpfulness of the staff/volunteers. -Likeliness to tell a friend about the artists. -Likeliness of telling a friend about the Minnesota Discovery Center. -Likeliness of returning to MDC for a similar event. -Likeliness of visiting MDC's museum. -Likeliness of visiting MDC's research library. -Likeliness of attending other MDC programming.
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