Operating Support
Operating Support
The?mission of The Grand Center for Arts and Culture is to enrich community life through arts and cultural education and experiences, and to support local artists by offering them opportunities to develop and demonstrate their artistry.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, 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, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, 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, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
Expand arts educational opportunities to reach 10% more youth, building on existing classes to create more relevant and accessible programming. Enrollment, course offerings, and participant surveys will be tallied and compared to previous years to assess demographic reach and satisfaction levels. First time students will be tabulated. 2: Launch more regular programming in Cellar Press, engaging teaching artists and the community to create, teach, exhibit and appreciate the book arts. Course offerings, enrollment, participant surveys, and number of teaching artists employed will be tallied and compared to the previous year. First time class attendees will be tabulated.
We expanded our programming to include twice monthly heART Therapy classes nearly doubling our participation of middle school children. Evaluation was measured by collecting survey data, both quantitative and qualitative. Feedback from the children that participated was very positive. Participants were happy to have a creative outlet with friends guided by a talented art teacher. 2: We increased the number of classes in Cellar Press by including book making, letterpress & block carving to our curriculum. Adding six new teaching artists allowed us to offer an expanded variety of classes and skillsets to our customers. Surveys collected at each class showed overwhelmingly positive experiences with both repeat and new students.
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