Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
The Korean Service Center will work together with Jangmi Dance and Shinparam to teach the arts of traditional Korean dance and drumming to students of Korean descent. Workshops will lead to a culminating performance that will share these art forms with people of Korean descent and the general public.
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. Officer at Large, 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. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Rae French: International programs and study abroad coordinator, University of Minnesota Crookston; Karen Goulet: Artist, coordinator of the Gizhiigin Arts Accelerator program of the White Earth Nation; Sarah Larsson: Outreach and development director at the Somali Museum of Minnesota; Sowah Mensah: Ethnomusicologist, composer, and master drummer; music professor at Macalester and St. Thomas; Jeffrey Meyer: Music professor at Concordia College, Moorhead; leader of study abroad trips; Angela Robins: Woodworker and boat builder; Arts Board grantee; Mai Vang: Founder of Hmong Museum; collections manager at Minnesota Museum of American Art
ACHF Cultural Heritage
1: Audiences will develop greater appreciation of Korean traditional music through A Night of Korean Traditional Music and Dances. The numbers of attendees will be evaluated. Audience survey will be conducted following the concert. Verbal evaluation will be collected through debriefing meeting. 2: Five new members of each group will learn Korean traditional songs, drums and dances. The numbers of new members of each group. The new members' increased skills through practices will be evaluated by each group master.
More than 400 audience attended. Out of them, at least 20% responded they encountered the Korean traditional arts for the first time. Audience survey after concert, Debriefing meeting after concert. 2: All groups met the goal of recruiting five new members and taught them regularly. We gathered the progress report and attendance from all three performing groups.
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