Arts Access
ACHF Arts Access
In 2015, artists Emily Johnson and Witt Siasoco will engage the youth and elders of Richfield in designing and implementing small and large scale arts events. Through monthly meeting of the project team, creative evaluative activities infused into the arts programming, and bi-annual formal written and verbal evaluations. 2: To test the effectiveness of an artist in residence program in the city of Richfield to inform long-range planning. Throughout the year we will invite feedback from both the artists and the community to inform the planning of an ongoing artist in residence program. Recommendations and next steps will be the result of this outcome.
Artists made art about, talked to, or came into contact with over 350 people of diverse ages, and with different racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. Johnson and Siasoco interacted formally and informally with a number of participants and over the course of their projects kept track of the number and age, race, and geographic origin of the people with whom they interacted. They submitted their results to Forecast on an ongoing basis at monthly project meetings and at the end of the project. 2: Forecast and Cornerstone gathered a range of feedback and recommendations on how to integrate artists and arts programming into Lyndale Gardens. Evaluation methods included monthly meetings of the team (the artists, director of community engagement at Forecast, the community arts coordinator at Cornerstone, the project evaluator/documenter) where the team shared and documented findings from the field and ongoing projects. Cornerstone's community arts coordinator also measured the success and depth of local relationships by the number of contacts and follow up meetings established with various organizations and individuals in Richfield.
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