Community Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Learning Grant
The MixTape Project 3.0.
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
The goal of The MixTape project is to engage teen boys in the residential juvenile justice program at Woodland Hills in self reflection through music. By reading other artist's lyrics and stories, students will analyze how Hip Hop artists use music as a means to share their lived experiences with the world. Students will then have the opportunity to write and record a track to share their own stories with the rest of the group and a broader audience through KUMD. Not only will students analyze music as a vehicle for self expression, they will be exposed to the recording and production process, using Logic software to record and mix their own track. Literacy will be measured when student has READ, SELECTED artist lyric, and PRESENTED on the theme/subject. Writing will be measured when student SUBMITS 3+ verses, with HIGHLIGHTS of 5 new vocabulary words. Collaboration will be measured when student PARTICIPATES in crafting a "Single" that FEATURES TWO OR MORE youths. Skill will be measured when student successfully SETS UP equipment properly and is able to RECORD themselves. *An assessment form including all categories/goals will be used by the facilitator to track each student's progress in the program. Students will complete pre and post surveys that measure their growth, interest and knowledge of music recording.
Literacy was measured when student READ, SELECTED artist lyric, and PRESENTED on the theme/subject. Writing was measured when student SUBMITTED 3+ verses, with HIGHLIGHTS of 5 new vocabulary words. Collaboration was measured when student PARTICIPATED in crafting a "Single" that FEATURED TWO OR MORE youths. Skill was measured when student successfully SET UP equipment properly and was able to RECORD themselves. Students believed in their ability to express themselves through art. Students Improved teamwork skills by completing collaboration on a group project.
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