Partners in Arts Participation
Partners in Arts Participation
Keystone Community Services will provide opportunities for 80 low-income youth in Saint Paul to engage with teaching artists to build skills in a variety of art forms including music, slam poetry, break dancing, ceramic sculpture, and Ethiopian and Eritre
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 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.; 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, 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.
Amy Cousin: Jewelry artist; Emily Derke: Basketry artist and teaching artist; Maude Dornfeld: Executive director, Life House; Nathan Fisher: Filmmaker; creative director of Once Were and Again We Are; Scott Reynolds: Director, producer, writer, and performer; artistic director of Mixed Precipitation; Samantha Smingler: Inclusion coordinator, Great Lakes Aquarium; Stephanie Thull: Gallery shop coordinator, Arts Center of Saint Peter
ACHF Arts Access
80% of youth will demonstrate increased engagement in learning, in part due to new arts experiences. Keystone will measure student engagement in learning using the SAYO Survey of Afterschool Outcomes, a researched and validated tool developed at the National Institute for Out of School Time.
84% of students reported they usually have a choice of activities they like doing. 90% reported the activities here helped them in their schoolwork. We measured engagement in learning using two survey items from the Minnesota Afterschool Accreditation Program Youth Survey: Do you usually have a choice of activities here that you like to do?, and Do the activities you do here help you in your schoolwor