Arts Learning
ACHF Arts Education
Artists that lack opportunity due to income, class and cultural barriers will attain skills that raise their visibility as arts professionals. 1. Pre and post professional assessment of participant portfolios; 2. Participant debriefings and exit interviews; 3. Pre and post skill assessments; and 4. Teaching artist exit interviews. 2: NEXUS will provide a model for professional arts learning opportunities in the digital arts field. 1. Program quality assessment (rubric). 2. Pre and post surveys of teaching artists and participants. 3. Count of number of opportunities specifically related to digital arts learning, creation and cultural criticism.
Twenty-four artists that lacked opportunity due to income, class and cultural barriers attained skills that raised their visibility as arts professionals. Evaluation was collected in the following manner: pre- survey and interview, post-survey and interview, goal planning assessment, and staff de-briefings. Goal planning assessment also allowed participants to identify additional individual barriers to success that included economic, cultural, family and time barriers. These barriers were then addressed individually during mentorship and coaching sessions. Exit interviews identified progress made on addressing individual professional goals. 2: NEXUS provided a model for professional digital arts learning by providing high quality professional mentorship, coaching and critique. Evaluation for this outcome was collected in the following manner: formal observation by project mentors, and director; portfolio assessment completed by project mentors; exit interviews; post-survey; and staff debriefings.
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