Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Folwell Performing Arts Magnet will partner with storyteller/teaching artist Katie Knutson to conduct extended arts-integrated, standards-based, cross-curricular, arts learning residencies with 30 core groups of students, teachers, and specialists.
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. 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.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Jeffrey Bleam: Chair; department of theatre and film studies, Saint Cloud State University; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Donald Hill: Visiting assistant professor, creative writing program, University of Alaska-Fairbanks; author and poet; Dorothy Kantor: Assistant director, National Catholic Youth Choir; Ruthe Thompson: Professor of English, Southwest Minnesota State University; Elizabeth Ward: Arts program coordinator, Backus Community Center
ACHF Arts Education
Storytelling, an underrepresented art form, will be the foundation of arts learning activities for at least twenty teachers and 500 students. We will record the number of participating teachers and students, and measure teacher comfort with storytelling integration before and after the residency. 2: Using Storytelling, teachers will make lessons more accessible to students from a range of cultures, English proficiencies, and learning styles. Teacher surveys and student growth assessments given before, during, and after the residency will measure: Student engagement, participation, and growth in academic and arts standards; and teacher competency with and commitment to storytelling.
The teaching artist, staff and students at Folwell increased their use of storytelling and drama as art forms and teaching tools. 2: Learning in and through the arts is more accessible for staff and students at Folwell.