Cultural Traditions in the Arts Grant
Cultural Traditions in the Arts Grant
Red Lake Nation College received $3,000 to host an interactive activity in which the public, Ojibwe language educators, and local metal sculpture artists will collaborate to create sculptures of two clans, Bear and Kingfisher.
Sandra Roman: retired art teacher, author; Laura Grisamore: photographer; Jill Johnson: author; Mary Therese: visual artist, fiber artist; Susan Olin: musician; Laura Dropps: visual artist; Becky Colebank: author; Corryn Trask: musician.
Sandra Roman: retired art teacher, author; Laura Grisamore: photographer; Jill Johnson: author; Mary Therese: visual artist, fiber artist; Susan Olin: musician; Corryn Trask: musician.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Seven Oshkii Tech. students and four Red Lak Nation College students will indicate an 85% or higher rating -Likert scale survey ( five indicating to a high degree -1 indicating to no degree ) of student awareness/ skill development /knowledge / and awareness that metal arts skills can be added to their repertoire of art genres for "new folk" / "new traditional" indigenous art. Community participants from the Red Lake Nation community will help the artists build the sculptures and be polled about what they learned. A Poll Everywhere survey will be carried out on cell phones while at the sculpture site to gather data to indicate 85% or higher rating -Likert scale survey ( five indicating to a high degree -1 indicating to no degree ) of student awareness/ skill development /knowledge and attitudes The project manager will have a sign in/ sign out sheet to record time spent by community participants indicating demographics of age, distances, exposure to building a sculpture previously, skill / knowledge gained.
For the revised project, the outcomes were creating 3 clan sculptures, providing experience in artistic welding, increasing community engagement with sculpture, and increasing awareness of Red Lake clans. About 20 welding students and community members participated in designing and creating 3 metal sculptures. Many people interact with the clan sculptures on a daily basis as they enter the college. Awareness of clans increased with the sculptures and clan discussions at public events.