Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Pillsbury House Theatre teaching artists will work with human service programs and senior living facilities to provide arts learning experiences connecting young people with elders in neighborhoods facing multiple barriers to participation.
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Camilla Berry: Practicing artist with nursing and education credentials; Kristina Bigalk: Poet; director of creative writing, Normandale Community College; Micahel Burgraff: Executive director, Fergus Falls: A Center for the Arts; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Robert Gardner: Artistic director, Minnesota Ballet; Barry Kleider: Photographer, visual artist and teaching artist; Andrea Stanislav: Contemporary visual artist; associate professor of art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
| ACHF Arts Education |
Youth and elders facing multiple barriers will access sustained high quality arts learning in familiar settings and in their own neighborhoods. Attendance records show number participating and length/depth of participation; intake forms identify demographics and financial barriers; surveys reveal additional barriers like time, transportation and stress. 2: Applicant Project Outcome (150 characters max). Three teaching artists will create artistic engagement and intergenerational collaboration opportunities for 140 youth, 100 elders and 110 parents. Artists and staff will complete pre-post observations of all learners. Parents, youth and elder learners will complete surveys. Focus groups will gather additional feedback on participant experience.
1,193 young people, 112 parents and 62 elders participated in sustained arts learning in multiple disciplines in community settings. Evaluation methods used for this outcome included analysis of: attendance records and demographic and family data from program intake forms and surveys. 2: 1.5 teaching artists working in collaboration with ten social service staff provided arts learning to 377 people ages 16 months to 80+ years. Evaluation methods used to determine progress toward achievement of this outcome included: attendance reports; pre-post teaching artist observations; youth literacy assessments; assessments of preschool children’s attainment of developmental milestones (using the Creative Curriculum assessment tool) completed by lead teachers; parent feedback; and one on one documented interviews with elders.
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