Community Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Learning Grant
Clay Club : Offering learning opportunities in the ceramic arts for community youth.
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 primary goal of Clay Club is to facilitate an opportunity for engaged learning. Participants will gain knowledge and skills specific to the ceramic arts. I aim to reach each participant where they are with positive reinforcement and creative challenges in order to enhance their understanding of and participation in the creative process. I envision that this understanding will empower the participants as creative problem solvers as well as gaining an understanding of how creativity and creative work surround us in our lives. Participants will build connections with each other (including helpful adults) in a positive environment focused on the creative process. I will measure the participants knowledge and skills gained by using pre and post Clay Club surveys. Outcomes will also be measured by asking specific questions related to the project goals. Are participants engaged with creating? Did they complete the entire process? Did participants use what they are learning to grow and create more work? Are participants able to connect the ceramic process to other areas of their life, for example, problem solving, persistence, critical thinking and self awareness? Are challenges being resolved in a positive way? Are participants having positive interactions with others (including adults)?
The primary goal of Clay Club is to facilitate an opportunity for engaged learning. Participants gained knowledge and skills specific to the ceramic arts. Participants built connections with each other (including helpful adults) in a positive environment focused on the creative process. This social support is harder to measure than educational objectives but we had a returning group of students for the older group and they have become committed to working with clay. They have created a welcoming and positive environment for new participants and become empowered by their knowledge. The younger group had a waiting list for the first few sessions then a full session for returning participants. I measured the participants knowledge and skills gained by using pre and post Clay Club surveys. Everyone that participated gained knowledge specific to the goals. We were able to continue Clay Club and currently have both younger and older groups in session.
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