Partners in Arts Participation
Partners in Arts Participation
ONCE I JUMP will provide Karen teens the opportunity to create and share a multidisciplinary original performance, highlighting the challenges and opportunities facing refugee teens in Minnesota.
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.
Michele Anderson: Rural program director, Springboard for the Arts, Fergus Falls; Sheila Asato: Visual arts coordinator, Penny George Institute; faculty member, Minnesota Center for Book Arts; Jill Aubin: Museum educator and curatorial assistant, Minnesota Discovery Center, Chisholm; self-taught artist with an emphasis in photography; Sue Awes: Director, Help Our Neighbors, Chatfield; Alice De Yonge: Program director, Project G.E.M.; David Grant: A Twin Cities-based writer; core alumnus member of The Playwrights' Center; Patrick Hollister: Active living planner, PartnerSHIP 4 Health; Ange Hwang: Executive director of Asian Media Access; Thomas Maakestad: A private entrepreneur and landscape artist|Bree Sieplinga, Associate director, Upstream Arts
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
ACHF Arts Access
Through the arts, participants will be able to imagine more exciting and fulfilling possibilities for their future in America. At the beginning and end of the project, participants will be asked what possibilities they can see for themselves and each other, and how their experiences and culture as Karen are assets in America. 2: Karen community members will exposed to new and exciting art forms which celebrate their culture while introducing them to the cultures of others. Teen participants will be asked to keep a running list of new arts they have experienced. Audience members will be polled as to how many had ever attended a live, non-traditional performance before.
Participants imagined next steps for their lives, plotted a course to reach them, and then performed them for the public, via dance, comedy, or drama. 2: All participants learned new art forms, presented a performance of their own, and went to a variety of outside performances, none of which would have been possible without grant support.
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