Flexible Support
Flexible Support
Bridging Generations with Somali Arts
Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner; Amanda Cortes: Artspace and Springboard for the Arts; Paul Creager: Square Lake Film and Music Festival Founder and Director; Adrienne Doyle: Juxtaposition Arts Tactical Lead and Development Associate; Craig Dunn: Access Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Interdisciplinary Artist and Sparkle Theatricals Creative Creative Director; Ryan-Olivia McCoy: Black Label Movement and Shapeshift dancer; Christal Moose: Native Arts Collaborative Agency and Native Pride Productions, Inc. Arts Manager and Artist; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Independent Consultant; Andrea Sjogren: Community Education; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Sara Wilson: Lommen Abdo P.A. Attorney; Kate Walker: Valley Chamber Chorale Singer; Lauren White: Augsburg College Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts.
Atlese Robinson, Artistic, Education, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Charles Tirey, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Artistic; Dustin Steuck, Artistic, General Management/Administration/Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Ishwari Rajak, General Administration, Youth Programming; Mia Laufer, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Education, Program Development; Xianping He, Fundraising, Disabilities Specialist, Youth Programming.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Residents build connections to their own and others? cultural heritage through events and/or activities; MN folk and traditional artists/audiences are expanded; MN folk and traditional artists see an increase in demand for work. Observation
110 Somali American youth use Somali art to present their ideas in a public forum, 90% or more of youth participants self-report an increase in knowledge of Somali art after participating in workshops. Ka Joog used post-art club surveys distributed to participating students and artists to help us determine how we can continuously improve our approach and instruction quality. Our team had also facilitate conversations to allow attendees to share their impressions verbally and We had documented this feedback as qualitative information to complement data collected through surveys.