Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To continue to expand accessibility to the arts for the public with trainings, resources, and an online database.
Amy Ann Mursu: Musician, including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Susan Kay: Retired Professor, Retreat Coordinator for New York Mills Arts Retreat; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Ann Hermes: Executive Director of Alexandria Area Arts Association; Andrew Sletten: Drummer, actor, organizer of community arts and performance space; James Arvidson: Community service volunteer; Barbara Lent: Former photography studio owner, textile artist, owner of quilting retreat center; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jeannie Pladsen: Retired Payroll Manger at the University of Minnesota-Morris, community leader.
Amy Ann Mursu: Musician, including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Susan Kay: Retired Professor, Retreat Coordinator for New York Mills Arts Retreat; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Ann Hermes: Executive Director of Alexandria Area Arts Association Andrew Sletten: Drummer, actor, organizer of community arts and performance space; James Arvidson: Community service volunteer; Barbara Lent: Former photography studio owner, textile artist, owner of quilting retreat center; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jeannie Pladsen: Retired Payroll Manger at the University of Minnesota-Morris, community leader.
Lake Region Arts Council, Maxine Adams (218) 739-5780
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
To increase accessibility to Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County's 2017 art exhibitions through audio-description and other sensory methods. To teach at least ten staff in arts organizations how to better serve their art patrons with disabilities (will also be open to the public). To ensure that art patrons with disabilities have access to online information about which organizations provide accommodations and for which art events/activities. To assist arts organization staff find the online resources they need to ensure their arts events/activities are universally accessible. To encourage the ongoing effort to make universal accessibility into the arts community throughout the region more visible to the general public in order to normalize accessibility. Participants in the educational sessions will fill out a short written survey after each one. At least 75% of the surveys will indicate useful information and/or skills were learned. Art patrons with disabilities who use the accommodations will be asked if they can be contacted for an anonymous follow-up phone evaluation. At least 75% of those contacted will indicate they had a positive experience with the accommodations made. Art patrons to the exhibits at Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County will fill out a short written survey at the end of their visits. At least 75% of respondents will agree that the accommodations in the exhibit have made them more aware of the barriers faced by art patrons with disabilities.
Participants indicated they learned concrete usable information that will inform their future behavior in their arts organization. Specifically, the presenters shared particular needs and how the arts organizations could better serve them.
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