Partners in Arts Participation
Partners in Arts Participation
YouthLink will support homeless youth by connecting them to the artistic community. It will work with Kulture Klub Collaborative to host weekly performance workshops with professional artists.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
ACHF Arts Access
Partnerships are developed between social service organizations and arts organizations to better serve underserved communities. Social or human service organizations use arts to help achieve their service goals. Perceived or real barriers to participation are addressed.
This program brought together youth and young adults experiencing homelessness, YouthLink, Kulture Klub Collaborative, and nearly 20 visiting artists from our community. Through our partnership, young people were treated and acknowledged as emerging artists with value and professional potential. The series provided a weekly practice space, where youth received constructive feedback on finished and developing work from their peers and professional performance artists. Youth progressed quickly, showing noticeable improvement in technique and quality after just one session. In addition, we created a safe environment where these young artists felt comfortable to participate in new practices and share authentic expression. Individual critique was given after each performance, and was valued as nourishing feedback that supported growth. As a result, significantly more young people participated than we originally planned, and that word-of-mouth is one of the best possible outcomes. 2: YouthLink and Kulture Klub Collaborative share many goals, including building healthy relationships with youth and the community -- opening doors of opportunity for futures of empowerment, connectedness and self-reliance. Specifically, this program addressed our service goal of connectedness. Homeless youth experience many barriers to connecting with supportive adults in our communities. This program fostered deep relationships with professional artists and among youth participants. The youth were recognized for their intrinsic value as human beings, worthy of our attention, support and respect. They were given permission to bring life to their artistic interests and passions, in a learning environment full of openness -- something not available to them on the streets and shelters where they live.