Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Minnetonka Center for the Arts will conduct fifteen experiential visual arts residencies: nine for seniors and adults with special needs; five programs for underserved and special needs children with five organizations; and a pilot artist-in-residence program at a local public high school.
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.
Melinda Breva: Development manager, Franconia Sculpture Park; Robert Cline: Adjunct faculty member, architectural technologies and AutoCAD, Rochester Community and Technical College; architect and community volunteer; Abraham Hunter: Collaborative pianist, founder of Loon Opera Company; Brian Jose: Executive director, fine arts programming, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University; Peter Morales: Sculptor of large-scale outdoor pieces; former visiting artist, University of Minnesota, and Jerome Fellow; Susan Potvin: Middle school band director, Salk Middle School; percussionist; Pat Samples: Lifelong learning coordinator, Ebenezer; cofounder and former director of ARTSAGE; Loretta Simonet: Musician with award-winning folk music duo, Curtis and Loretta; John Thew: Managing director, Theater Latte Da|Robert Thomas, Associate director of development, Great River Shakespeare Festival
ACHF Arts Education
Professional artist/instructors will provide 15 multidisciplinary residencies to children, youth and adults. On an ongoing basis and at its conclusion, Minnetonka Center for the Arts teaching artists and staff, as well as partner organization staff will evaluate each program using the evaluation tools we refined in our recent Arts Access grants. 2: A minimum of 590 individuals will participate in fifteen residencies. Teaching artist/instructors will keep a journal that includes a roster of attendees at each class session. We will tabulate this date and evaluate against our goal.
Minnetonka Center for the Arts completed ten residencies for adults (seniors, adults with disabilities), five for children, and one arts residency at Coon Rapids High School. 2: The art center served 833 children from five community partners plus Coon Rapids High School (CRHS), and 175 adults from six partners serving seniors and adults with disabilities.
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