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Operating Support
Interact was founded in 1996 to create arts that challenges perceptions of disability.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
Cross-cultural artists with disabilities and audiences experiencing their work change perceptions of who can or cannot be recognized as creators. Evaluate attendance/sales data; assess artistic satisfaction, changes in perception among audience after experiencing the work: through open discussions, surveys, and post-show anecdote.
Artists with disabilities experienced personal creative growth, collaborated with mainstream professionals, changed public perceptions of disability. Count number of and track regularity of artist participation, number of audience at events, dollar sales. Assess artistic satisfaction, changes in public perception after experiencing work: via discussions, surveys, pre and post-interviews.
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