Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Urban Arts Academy will partner with COMPAS to engage 100 diverse, low-income Minneapolis youth in a West African drumming and dance residency with resident artist Titambe, and an Indonesian gamelan music and dance residency with resident artists Tri and Joko Sutrisno. Each residency will begin with a performance and end with a youth led presentation.
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
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
ACHF Cultural Heritage
100 diverse, low-income youth increase skills and knowledge about the folk/traditional arts of West African and Indonesian music/dance. 1) Participation and contact hour logs, 2) Surveys and assessments by teachers to measure knowledge/skill gains, designed by UA's professional evaluator, and 3) COMPAS on-line evaluations. 2: 150 multigenerational relatives and neighbors of youth participants experience and learn about traditional West African and Indonesian music and dance. Participation logs and post-participation surveys.
100 diverse, low income youth have increased skills and knowledge about the folk/traditional arts of West African and Indonesian music and dance. Surveys and group reflections; All 100% of our students reported that this outcome was achieved. 2: 200 multigenerational relatives, neighbors and larger community members experienced and learned about traditional West African and Indonesian music an. Post surveys with staff, students, families and attendees at our four events.
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