Partners in Arts Participation
ACHF Arts Access
African immigrant women will have access to quality art education, share their spinning and weaving heritage with local fiber artists and the larger community, and will be less depressed and isolated. Women will meet regularly removing them from isolation. Students will set personal and team goals. Teachers and administrators will encourage continual feedback from participants and appropriate project adjustments will be made. 2: The barriers of expense, transportation, language, and cultural beliefs will be removed for African immigrant women giving them access to creative expression through fiber arts. Classes will be offered in community rooms where the women live. Child care subsidies and interpreters will be provided. Regular assessments will be given and program adjustments made to best serve the participants.
African immigrant women accessed quality art education, shared their spinning/weaving heritage with local fiber artists and the larger community, and are less depressed and isolated. 2: Free classes were offered in a community room. Interpretation was provided by other students. Bus cards were provided and the women were assured that their fiber skills are valued.