Arts Learning
Arts Learning
The Creating Dialogue residency, a partnership with Harding High School on Saint Paul’s East Side, will deepen 250 students’ engagement with theater through the critical study of, and participatory response to, four curriculum-aligned productions.
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.
Gene Bird: Staff photographer, Walker Art Center; Joanna Cortright: Independent arts education consultant; Scott Dixon: Artist and administrator, Commonweal Theatre; Andre-Louis Heywood: Artistic director, The St. John's Boys' Choir; instructor, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University; Peter James: Director, Great Expectations School, Grand Marais; David Machacek: Executive director of ArtOrg; Lori Messick: Arts educator, Fertile Beltrami Public Schools; Glorianne Svitak: Performer, arts administrator, music teacher and director
ACHF Arts Education
The residency will be offered at no cost to mitigate financial barriers. It will also break down perceptual barriers that theater is exclusive. The project will deepen the exploration of four plays by engaging professional actors directly with teachers and students. Surveys at the project’s beginning and end will measure perceptual changes about theater. 2: By serving a student body with little or no access to live professional theater, more Minnesotans will be engaged in arts learning opportunities. Through the residency and attendance at four plays, the project will serve 250 students and five teachers. Those served will reflect on the project’s impact in written evaluations after each play’s lesson block.
Arts learning opportunities (tickets to four productions and eleven curriculum-aligned residencies) were offered at no cost to 300 low-income students. 2: 300 students and five teachers from Harding High School attended four Guthrie productions, each enhanced by three residencies led by Guthrie teaching artists.