Project Grant
Project Grant
Individuals of All abilities want to enjoy the arts. WACOSA will work with a professional artist to bring art to individuals with severe cognitive and physical disabilities and medical fragility.
Linda Brobeck: CMAB Board Chair, Minnesota visual artist and owner of Crow River North, LLC., has served on a number of non-profit boards; Leslie Hanlon: CMAB Board Vice Chair, Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Ken Barry: CMAB Board Tresurer, Blues Musician, Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging, Platinum/Palladium printing, Wet Plate Collodion process, Bromoil printing, and Cyanotype printing, Certified Nuclear Engineer; Buddy King: CMAB Board Secretary - St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, Unit Director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in St. Cloud MN, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community; Joyce Lyons: Wight County, CMAB Board Member, CMA actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Jo McMullen-Boyer: CMAB Board Member, Station Manage of KVSC Radio, Grant writer, Music Concert Projucer, Community Events Organizer; Denise Todd: CMAB Board Member, Business Administration with a Minor, Dance Valdosta State University; U.S. Air Force Veteran, Geospatial Intelligence Analyst; undergraduate at St. Cloud State University pursuing a Major in Community Health, Planning and Community Development and a Minor, Ethnics, Human Relations; Joe Scapanski: Benton County Agricultural Society Board of Directors; MN State Ag Society Board of Managers; MN State Fair liaison for arts division; responsible for bringing artists to exhibit and perform at the Benton Co Annual Fair; 2014 International Fairs and Expositions award for promoting arts and heritage.
Linda Brobeck: CMAB Board Chair, Minnesota visual artist and owner of Crow River North, LLC., has served on a number of non-profit boards; Leslie Hanlon: CMAB Board Vice Chair, Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Ken Barry: CMAB Board Tresurer, Blues Musician, Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging, Platinum/Palladium printing, Wet Plate Collodion process, Bromoil printing, and Cyanotype printing, Certified Nuclear Engineer; Buddy King: CMAB Board Secretary - St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, Unit Director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in St. Cloud MN, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community; Joyce Lyons: Wight County, CMAB Board Member, CMA actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Jo McMullen-Boyer: CMAB Board Member, Station Manage of KVSC Radio, Grant writer, Music Concert Projucer, Community Events Organizer; Denise Todd: CMAB Board Member, Business Administration with a Minor, Dance Valdosta State University; U.S. Air Force Veteran, Geospatial Intelligence Analyst; undergraduate at St. Cloud State University pursuing a Major in Community Health, Planning and Community Development and a Minor, Ethnics, Human Relations; Joe Scapanski: Benton County Agricultural Society Board of Directors; MN State Ag Society Board of Managers; MN State Fair liaison for arts division; responsible for bringing artists to exhibit and perform at the Benton Co Annual Fair; 2014 International Fairs and Expositions award for promoting arts and heritage.
ACHF Arts Access
Outcome: WACOSA will accommodate barriers to the arts for 100% of class participants. Evaluation Plan: All class participants will be provided accommodations, as needed, to maximize inclusion in the arts. Outcome: 80% of class participants will express appreciation for the arts, following completion of the 4 week project. Evaluation: WACOSA staff will document course participation and observed improvements made by the participants, which include but are not limited to fine motor skill improvement and increased ability to regulate their emotions. Our target audience for this project include adults with disabilities with severe cognitive and physical disabilities with medical fragility. Many of those folks are non-verbal and use facial expressions to communicate their wants and needs. WACOSA staff will use anecdotal information from caregivers and family members about the participant's response to the experience to assist in gathering measurable data. ; Access ; Learning WACOSA staff will use the evaluation form to record accommodations, if any, that were provided to the class participants to allow them to join in the activities to their fullest potential. WACOSA staff will use the evaluation form to document anecdotal information through observations and class participation. At least 80% of class participants will express appreciation for the arts, following completion of the 4 week project. Photographs will record that 2 permanent pieces of art have been installed on the interior walls within WACOSA 1st Ave.
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