Community Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Learning Grant
Robert Jones and Matt Watroba: Musical duo teaches about cultural and racial diversity and tolerance.
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, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist
Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Richard Hansen: Executive Director, Duluth Superior Film Festival; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Karissa Isaacs: curator of Tweed Museum at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Our goal for this project is that, through the vehicle of music, young learners and adults gain a greater understanding of why tolerance for racial and cultural diversity is not only possible, but vitally important, while being moved and inspired by excellent musicians and the rich wealth of history and stories they have to share. Our long-term measurable outcome is to contribute to our community's awareness of connection to the national and global community, including the creative and artistic ways we can all participate in moving towards greater cultural healing and harmony. NSMA will use workshop and concert surveys to assess the project's success, as well as assessment of concert ticket sales, post-event student and audience verbal feedback, comments on our Facebook page, email, and letters. The NSMA Director will collect numbers and feedback and will present it to the NSMA Board at a monthly meeting for evaluation and discussion. The Director and Board will use this information to design future programming that effectively meets the expectations and needs of our learners and audiences.
Outcomes achieved with this project are that young and adult learners gained a greater understanding of the way music from a wide array of cultures in our nation's history are connected, how they have influenced each other and been woven together to create the great American musical tapestry. In the process of learning this, workshop participants and audience members also gained insight into the role of music in American movements for social progress over the centuries, with songs from one movement being slightly changed and carried to the next. In this way, learners reported, they gained an awareness of how the march towards human rights progress has relied on music to carry it forward.
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