Partners in Arts Participation
Partners in Arts Participation
Volunteers of America of Minnesota's Bar None Residential Treatment Center will collaborate with artist Wing Young Huie to provide teen residents with opportunities to explore self-expression, assumptions, and identity.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Lynne Beck: Development consultant; former COMPAS development director; Gordon Coons: Artist; Robin Cruze: Assistant to executive director, Wirth Center; president of HOBY MN; Janette Davis: Acting executive director, Southern Theater; Simone Needles: Visual artist; instructor at Interact; Olga Nichols: Visual artist; executive director of Bird Island Cultural Centre; Scott Reynolds: Stage director and performer; artistic director of Mixed Precipitation; Lisa Wigand: Business banker; heads advisory board for Central Lakes College Performing Arts Center
ACHF Arts Access
Youth will develop skills that will enhance their abilities to express themselves, including their culture, past, values, thoughts, and feelings. Youth participants will complete a survey post-project completion that will assess the impact of the project on their self-assessed ability to reflect upon and express how their experiences have influenced their lives. 2: Youth will explore photography as a way to reflect upon and gain insight into their own mental health, healing process, and community. Youth participants will complete a survey post-project completion that will assess the impact that observing and producing photographs has had on their understanding of themselves.
Through surveys, 83 percent stated that the project improved their ability to share their stories with others. Following the sessions, youth completed a survey to assess the project's impact. 2: 92 percent stated that the project helped them be more willing to use photography or another art form to express themselves. Following the sessions, youth completed a survey to assess the project's impact.