Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
CLUES will undertake a year-long program highlighting Latino folk arts, specifically traditional Maya backstrap loom weaving and folkloric Mexican paper arts such as piñatas, cartonería, and papel picado. The program will include exhibits, workshops, documentation, and promotion.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Carol Colburn: Teacher and researcher, Scandinavian garment making; Rhonda Dass: Professor of anthropology, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Lesly Gámez: Teacher, St Paul Public Schools. Dancer, Los Alegres Bailadores; Sarina Partridge: Educator and musician; Mai Vang: Founder of Hmong Museum; collections manager at Minnesota Museum of American Art; Gwen Nell Westerman Wasicuna: Poet and fiber artist
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Two master artists preserve their cultural heritage through practice, develop new professional skills, and gain expanded recognition and acclaim. Cultural preservation: artists increase time and resources on craft. Professional skills: improve documentation skills and social media presence, develop portfolio. Recognition: number of new viewers, internet or print reviews. 2: 180-200 workshop participants learn new skills; 1,500-4,000 audience members learn to appreciate new art forms. Workshop participants: completion of class assignments, survey. Audiences: number of visitors, surveys, positive comments in guestbook.
Two master artists preserve their cultural heritage through practice, develop new professional skills, and gain expanded recognition and acclaim. Funding through CLUES allowed artists to practice their craft. We measured the time spent as over 650 hours that the artists were allowed to devote to their craft. Additionally, both developed portfolios and built a significant social media presence. 2: CLUES saw 200 workshop participants learn new skills;,3,500 virtual viewers and 2,500 in-person audience members learn to appreciate new art forms. CLUES gathered comments from Facebook, took surveys and verbal feedback from workshop participants, and comments from the gallery guestbook.
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