Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community First Year Art Projects.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Johnnie Hyde: choreographer and dance teacher, publisher; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Keiko Williams: musician, Executive Director at Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust; Sarah Brokke-Erickson: painter, fine art instructor at the College of St. Scholastica.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal of the OACC programs described in this proposal is to build support for art's essential role in creating meaning in individual lives and in building a vibrant community. OACC describes artistic success as 'encouraging vitality.' We strive to make meaning with participants by connecting them with art forms the express universal truths and increase their belief and capacity to create what they envision in their own lives and in communities. We subscribe to Le Corbusier's definition of art: 'You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: "This is beautiful." Art enters in.' Participants will have improved skills for appreciating art in various forms, deeper understanding its relationship to history and culture, and greater ability to make connections between art and disciplines and endeavors outside the arts. We will measure improved skills for appreciating the specific art form offered, deeper understanding its relationship to history and culture, and greater ability to make connections between the art form and disciplines outside the arts with before and after assessments. Participants' satisfaction will be measured by tracking willingness to refer others to future OACC events. We will also gather information about current volunteer activity, particularly in support of arts related projects in Carlton County. In addition to their survey responses, participants' advice and recommendations for strengthening OACC programs are gathered through frequent focus groups (also known as dinner, coffee, walks and other informal gatherings with neighbors and friends where we seek their candid advice and counsel). Because OACC makes extensive use of social media, participants' reviews will be continuously sought and gathered on various platforms. Because OACC is intensely focused on inclusion of diverse populations, data about race and ethnicity will be gathered as well. Results will be summarized for review with the OACC Board, and future programs will be adapted and designed based on this information.
Measurable outcomes were identified as 1) improved skills for appreciating the specific art forms offered; 2) deeper understanding of the art forms' relationship to history and culture; 3) greater ability to make connections between the art for and disciplines outside the arts.; 4) satisfaction with the artistic experience. Before and after assessments indicated positive changes in all participants' skills and understanding related to the first three outcomes, and positive responses to the question about willingness to refer others to the events provided positive data about all participants' satisfaction with the artistic experience. In addition, participants' advice and recommendations have been incorporated into the design of OACC's programs. Volunteers are now actively engaged in designing Cookin' at the O, Magnolia Salons, and Honey Bee Festival. Participants' advice was to discontinue Movies at the O; while it was a pleasant entertainment experience in a unique setting, it did not meet OACC's artistic success indicators.
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