Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
To bring artists into one-on-one situations with people of all ages in our region. To share with residents different musical genres, cultures, dance, songwriting and visual art activities. To make the world a bit smaller and more realistic for youth. To help youth and adults understand the rich artistic abilities available by Minnesota artists.1. Evaluations completed by the coordinators of each workshop. 2. Surveys completed by the participants of most workshops (we recognize that this may be difficult for some workshops so when surveys are not possible, for example with young children or nursing home residents, then we will conduct personal interviews with a sample of the audience).
We learned that people truly value when we bring in an artist(s) for more than just as a show. People appreciate getting to know an artist, learn from them, understand their art form and take those pieces of knowledge home to enhance their own lives in various ways. We’ve also learned that some of the groups we present would be extremely financially challenging to present without grant support however there definitely is an audience for that art form. In case of TU Dance, we learned better how to work with multiple schools at one time and we know that group of students (at least two of the communities) would never have experience TU Dance if it hadn’t been for the residency opportunity. Teachers value the chance to expose their kids to dance and to different art forms when it’s made easy and accessible for them.