Flexible Support
Flexible Support
Nourishing the Heart of StoryArk: our Pre-Professional Young Adult Leaders
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.
Jackie Johnston, Education, Community Education, General Management / Administration; Julie Kuenzel, Community Education, General Management / Administration, Youth Programming; Larry Weinberg, Artistic, Community Education, Youth Programming; Lynne Beck, Fundraising, General Administration, Education; Melissa Dargay, Artistic, Fundraising, Audience Development / Marketing and Communications; Peg Schneeman Reagan, Artistic, Volunteerism, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Tim Cooper, Artistic, Computer Systems / Web Design, Finance.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
A reduction in geographic, cultural and/or physical barriers to arts participation; a change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition due to arts events; arts groups' are strengthened by connecting to their communities through the arts; artists expand and improve their work and the way in which they create it; artists connect to new audiences, building relationships that provide artistic growth. Interviews/Conversations with participants ; Interviews/Conversations with board/staff/leaders ; Surveying (paper or online)
Based on surveys from each session and a global survey at the end, 100% of the 25 StoryArk pre-professionals who participated gave the highest marks to the training they received in the art of storytelling, communication and leadership and stated that they felt prepared to plan and implement future programming. In addition, StoryArk determined the best roles for the pre-professionals to fill and created job descriptions accordingly discerning that, given college students busy schedules, mentorship, PR and evaluation were the key roles while human resources and administration were not as easy to fulfill.