School Residency
School Residency
An Experience in Guinea, West Africa
Kjel Alkire: art faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; John Becker: art business owner; Hal Cropp: Executive Director of Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Executive Director of Northland Words; Julie Fakler: education coordinator at Paradise Center for the Arts; Drue Fergison: linguist, writer; Lee Gundersheimer: Managing Director of Great River Shakespeare Festival; Connie Nelson: music educator; Jane Olive: costumer; Judy Saye-Willis: fiber artist; Steve Schmidt: musician, arts administrator.
John Becker: arts business owner; Julie Fakler: arts administrator; Drue Fergison: linguist, writer.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
This school residency will provide access to 120 students at our junior high school to participate in a unique traditional multidisciplinary art experience from Guinea, increasing their awareness of another culture very different from their own. Following the residency, all students involved with the residency will complete a survey in their art classes. Students will be interviewed by a program evaluator at the Capstone event to gather further information from them interactively.
We exceeding out 120 participant goal. Student drumming, dancing, and African Mask designs were on display at the Capstone event. Survey responses indicate the residency provided new and appreciated learning about West African and Guinean Culture.
Other, local or private