Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Russian Soul will develop a song and dance program called Circle of Magic: Women's Communal Ritual Practices in Russian Folk Culture, highlighting womens ways of being. The program will include a public performance for Minnesota audiences and two workshops.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Rebecca Dallinger: Special projects coordinator, White Earth Tribal and Community College Extension; Karen Goulet: Artist; program director of the Miikanan Gallery at Watermark Art Center, Bemidji; Peggy Korsmo-Kennon: COO, American Swedish Institute; David Todd Lawrence: Writer; English professor at St. Thomas; Sowah Mensah: Ethnomusicologist, composer, and master drummer; music professor at Macalester and U of M; Jeffrey Meyer: Music professor and fine arts department chair at Concordia College, Moorhead; leader of study abroad trips; Chuen-Fung Wong: Associate professor and chair of music, Macalester College
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Belozer'e artists will further develop their knowledge of traditional Russian female culture and share it with Minnesota audiences. During the post event meeting,reflective statements from the artists will be collected and analyzed by the group to gauge the success of the program and identify areas for further improvement. 2: Minnesota audiences will be enriched by exposure to a unique folk art, promulgating an understanding of world culture. We will collect feedback via question and answer sessions immediately after the events (audio recorded) via social media, and via paper surveys which will be analyzed and discussed by the group.
The RCC artists learned two new rituals, four songs and dance, presented at Glimpse of Russia and Circle of Magic: Circle of Life. The survey consisted of four questions on Likert scale and one open question. sixteen out of 32 participating artists (50%) responded via Survey Monkey. 69% rated their experience as excellent; 19% as very good; 6% as good; and 6% as fair. 2: RCC audience surveys indicate that the events were informative, well organized, clearly presented, engaging and informing many community members. Paper surveys, using Likert scale of 1(disagree) to five (strongly agree) were used. 63% attendees rated workshops with mean response score 4.95. 68% of the final event attendees rated it with the mean score 4.7.
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