Partners in Arts Participation
ACHF Arts Access
Enrich participants’ lives by providing in-depth arts experiences through the medium of clay. Northern Clay teaching artists will provide 68 hours of instruction to arts learners. Barriers to participation will be identified and adaptations made so that learners can succeed in creating art. 2: Learners will develop holistically, as art becomes a vehicle for expanded emotional/social wellbeing, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Evaluation is through observations by artist and Epic staff identifying emotional/social, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Regular meetings will review individual mastery and participation.
Northern Clay artist Angie Renee enriched participants’ lives by providing 68 hours of in-depth arts experiences through the medium of clay. Staff videotaped and took photos during class. Artist and staff met 20 times (6x with a coach) to reflect on the progress of learners. Arts learners’ achievements and struggles were tracked on a spreadsheet. At a final reflection, the team looked at a sampling of clay creations, reviewed video clips and the spreadsheet, and reflected on what was accomplished over the residency. Spreadsheet data and notes from the final reflection were analyzed by an evaluator at the end of the project. 2: Creating art through the medium of clay was a vehicle for learners to develop emotionally, socially, physically, artistically and cognitively. Staff videotaped and took photos during class. Artist and staff met twenty times (6x with a coach) to reflect on the progress of learners. Arts learners’ achievements and struggles were tracked on a spreadsheet. At a final reflection, the team looked at a sampling of clay creations, reviewed video clips and the spreadsheet, and reflected on what was accomplished over the residency. Spreadsheet data and notes from the final reflection were analyzed by an evaluator at the end of the project.