Arts Learning
ACHF Arts Education
Audiences of all abilities see high quality performances featuring artists with disabilities. Surveys assess audience’s perceptions and previous experience seeing performers with disabilities. 2: Participants advance toward their individual arts and social goals at each performance and over the course of the entire project. Using Epic’s evaluation protocol, we work with staff and participants to identify individual goals, and through interviews with and observations of participants track progress toward goals.
Over 300 people at four libraries (three in Dakota County, one in Faribault) saw Epic clients perform alongside Z Puppets. Evaluator Cheryl Kessler recorded and analyzed video of rehearsals and performances, surveyed audience and staff and interviewed the Epic Sailors. Anecdotally, we observed that the crew's ebullient commitment to their roles and teamwork amplified the true meaning of the show and sent ripples of joy throughout each audience. The Faribault Youth Librarian and Library Director each came up to us after the show to say that this was their favorite performance they ever had hosted. 2: Individual participants met their goals identified. We used mainly staff observation and participant interviews to evaluate the project.
Other, local or private