Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
ACHF Arts Access
The goals of the project are to 1) create public art and expand people’s appreciation for the arts and the artistic talent that exists within the community, 2) give community members of all ages an opportunity to participate in an arts project and increase their artistic skills and knowledge, 3) use art to draw the community together around a common purpose.People who come to the downtown district to view the public art, sit on the benches, and park their bikes will increase their appreciation of the arts and gain awareness of the immense artistic talent that exists in the community. Participants will take pride in their artistic skill and knowledge and the role they played in creating public art.
1. Results of the ''on-the-street'' interviews are reported in question 5. Our goal was that at least 85% of those interviewed responded favorably to the public art. The results were that 100% responded favorably, thus we greatly exceeded our goal. 2. Pre-and-post-test on the 6-question test improved by 3 points, thus demonstrating increase in knowledge, skill and understanding of those who worked on the mosaics. We surpassed our goal of increasing KSU by .5 point. 3.The people drawn together to work on the project were:133 people working on mosaics a total of 1,971 person hours; 3 volunteers who worked 243 over 27 sessions to build the forms for the planters and benches; 8 volunteers who worked 48 hours to pour concrete in the forms & finish the benches and planters. All these came together around the common purpose of putting this public art on the street in downtown Battle Lake.