Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Film in the City is a visionary arts learning initiative with a mission to transform the lives of homeless youth through creative exploration, technical learning, and community-building around the art of filmmaking. This pilot year of arts learning culminates in an original film screening.
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
Create: Arts learners acquire skills, work in collaboration, and create a cohesive work based on stories that emerge as part of learning process. Instructors, learners and youth service agency leaders will meet regularly throughout project, based on activity schedule, to assess progress, identify challenges, and plan course corrections where necessary. Did learners acquire facility with skills/were they engaged/did they participate fully? 2: Create: Arts learners acquire skills, work in collaboration, and create a cohesive work based on stories that emerge as part of learning process. Instructors, learners and youth service agency leaders will meet throughout project to determine if expected level of participation is actually happening among these homeless youth learners.
The level of interaction far exceeded our expectations, and participants gained artistic tools and knowledge they had never had. 2: Homeless youth, and staff of agencies who provide services, were engaged in a high quality arts learning experience – most for the first time.
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