Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Minnesota Children’s Museum is piloting a teaching artist series to extend the learning of two upcoming exhibits, Blue Man Group and Native Voices, guiding children’s artistic exploration through activities in which they will create or respond to art.
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.
Agnes Alsgaard-Lien: Visual artist and art instructor; Kristina Clark: Independent museum exhibit developer; Kathleen Corrigan: Breck Middle School and Upper School Arts Specialist; Amy Giddings: Music specialist, North Shore Community School, Duluth; Alison Good: Former commercial artist, educator and administrator; active community volunteer; Narate Keys: Poet, songwriter, and program development specialist for the City of Apple Valley Teen Center; Jill Nysse: Library media specialist, Winona Area Public Schools; Janet Skidmore: Independent artist and performer
ACHF Arts Education
Minnesota Children’s Museum will hold seventeen arts learning workshops effectively increasing learning opportunities to Minnesota’s youngest learners. By conducting seventeen arts learning workshop that are new to the Museum, we will increase learning opportunities to Minnesota’s youngest learners. The Minnesota Children’s Museum will also hire an external evaluator to measure the qualitative growth in art knowledge of the young participants. 2: With the potential to engage up to 4,400 children and adults, this pilot project increases the number of Minnesota youngest arts learners. By tracking attendance, the Minnesota Children’s Museum will be able to demonstrate growth in arts learning opportunities. The Minnesota Children’s Museum will also hire an external evaluator to measure the qualitative growth in art knowledge of the young participants.
The Museum successfully offered seventeen arts workshops of varying disciplines to our audience of families with young children. 2: The Museum surpassed our audience expectations by serving 8,730 individual visitors with arts learning experiences in its pilot phase.