Partners in Arts Participation
Partners in Arts Participation
People Serving People will collaborate with MacPhail Center for Music to provide early childhood music classes to children experiencing homelessness enrolled in their Early Childhood Development Program.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Eva Barr: Artistic Director, Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative; Lynne Beck: Development consultant; former COMPAS development director; Marsha Carter: Artistic director and founder, Beyond the Dance Network; Emily Edison: Executive director, SOAR Career Solutions; Tyra Hughes: Marriage and family therapist; participant in Art of Recovery program as exhibitor, judicator, and speaker; Anna Ostendorf: Program director, ArtReach; Glenda Reed: Writer and educator; Arts Board grantee
ACHF Arts Access
Through exposure to music, children experiencing homelessness will see improvements in executive functioning skills. Use of music will be measured and children's self-regulation, impulse control, working memory, and attending skills will be assessed quarterly.
Children in our program saw 10-15% gain across executive functioning indicators during the grant period. Teachers conducted Teaching Strategies GOLD assessments every 2-3 weeks which showed growth in executive functioning indicators: manages feelings, follows limits and expectations, solves social problems, attends and engages, recognizes and recalls.