OK Arts Council 2018 Small Grant Final Report Received promise of $2,500 in July 2017 to pay mentor stipends for 1718 school year
Project Statistics 1. Enter the name, phone number and email address of the person completing this final report: Jessica Williams: 4058159995, development@1ne3.org 2. How many years have you received funding from the Oklahoma Arts Council? 25 years The following questions are required by the National Endowment for the Arts and do not affect funding: 3. Enter the total number of youth that will receive direct benefit from this project as audience members or as participants. 106 4. Enter the total number of adults that will receive direct benefit from this project as audience members or as participants. 9 5. Enter the total number of artists that will likely be actively involved in this project. 11 6. Did this project promote or teach traditional or folk art forms which support the preservation of cultural heritage? (Yes/No) No 7. Did any aspect of this project incorporate the use of culturally diverse partnerships? (Yes/No) Yes
Project Budget: Expenses 1. Enter your organization’s administrative payroll costs directly associated with this project. $20,615 2. Enter your organization’s artistic payroll costs directly associated with this project. $0
3. Enter your organization’s technical personnel payroll costs directly associated with this project. $0 4. Enter outside contracted administrative costs directly associated with this project. (For example: A contracted project coordinator). $0 5. Enter outside contracted artistic costs directly associated with this project. $2,350 6. Enter outside contracted technical personnel costs directly associated with this project. $0 7. Enter artistic supplies for this project. $3,000 8. Enter facility rental costs for this project. $0 9. Enter marketing and promotional costs for this project. $1,200 10. Enter travel expenses for this project. OAC funds cannot be used to pay for travel outside Oklahoma. $0 11. Describe and itemize any other expenses. Enter NA if this does not apply. NA 12. Enter the total amount of all other expenses listed in your narrative. $0 13. Describe the items, sources, and dollar amounts of inkind donations of goods and/or services. Enter NA if this does not apply. Water and ice for Steamroller Festival (annual event under the Mentorship Program): $1,900 Inkind glass for press in print studio: $373.43 Inkind art supplies: $60 Inkind paper: $250 Inkind MDF for carving wood blocks: $700 14. Enter the total amount of all inkind donations expenses listed in your narrative.
$3,283.43
Project Description 1. Describe any changes to the project as compared to your application project description. A few changes in the 20172018 school year account for variances between Artspace’s original grant application and this report. Due to scheduling conflicts, Harding Fine Arts unfortunately had to withdrawal its participation in this year’s Mentorship Program, reducing our number of schools to nine. However, we have solidified 10 participating schools for the 20182019 school year, with the addition of John Marshal High School. Another change in this report includes an increased number of mentors to teach classes. In trying to make this program more mentordriven, Artspace asked eleven different individuals to teach a variety of art forms and mediums to our school groups, resulting in an expanded curriculum and more opportunities for our students. Finally, Artspace has extended the Mentorship Program into the summer, offering its first oneweek summer camp for Mentorship students. This entirely free camp will have fifteen students work on three different sculptures from found and recycled materials. Three local artists will lead three different groups in the planning, construction, and exhibition of these sculptures, resulting in a public exhibition at the week’s conclusion. 2. Describe how the artists/art instructors met your expectations. This year’s group of mentors exceeded our expectations and brought a variety of skillsets to our students. As the curriculum is primarily created before the school year begins, many mentors followed the curriculum according to a set of instructions and goals for their class. However, many mentors have been added to expand the curriculum to digital art, screenwriting, poetry, and more. Because we added additional mentors, students were more efficient in completing major projects. Thanks to their dedication to help our students, mentors encouraged several students to complete their wood blocks for the annual Steamroller Festival in April early, so that they could be displayed at the Mentorship Exhibition in March. Because of this positive impact on the program, Artspace wants to involve mentors in the curriculum planning process in future years, to add even more variety to student projects. 3. Describe the benefits that this programming or project had on the participants and/or the impact that this programming had on your community. Our mentors brought a wide variety of subjects and mediums to our nine school groups this year. As Artspace’s mission is to provide innovative art education to as many people as possible, the Mentorship Program benefits high school students, inschool art teachers, and our mentors. We impact all three of these groups through a diverse curriculum and opportunities for discussion, community engagement, and student exhibitions. The following outlines how this school year’s mentors impacted our teachers and students through the subjects covered, their stipends, and the dates they taught. (As a
note, individual mentors are paid $100 per day, while mentors bringing multiple staff from institutions are paid $150 per day.) The total amount spent on mentors was $2,500. Danny Rose (Fall 2017 Artist in Residence): $300 for three classes on monotypes on October 27 and November 28, 2017. Kjelshus Collins: $200 for two classes on relief printing to woodblocks December 6 and 7, 2017. Emma Difani: $200 for two classes on etching to plexiglass March 89, 2018. Emma Difani: $300 for three classes on screen printing March 28, April 18 and 19, 2018. Chad Reynolds, Penny Candy Books: $450 for classes on poetry writing and book making, April 4, 6, and 20, 2018 Lance McDaniel with deadCenter Film Festival: $250 for screenwriting class on April 12, 2018. Camp Pixel Staff: $150 for class on gifs April 13, 2018. Kenney McCage: $250 for summer camp presentation on April 18 George Wilson: $100 for summer camp presentation on April 19 Virginia Seitz: $300 for three classes on screen printing May 16, 17, 18, 2018. Total: $2,500
Project Learning Merit 1. Enter the number of students/individuals who were actual participants in the handson learning activities designed to be a part of this programming. 106 2. Enter the number of sites served 9 schools 3. Based on the student learning evaluations listed in your applications, describe how well the learning goals were achieved by the students/participants. (Please be specific and discuss most effective teaching methods.) This past school year, the Mentorship Program gave students more opportunities for art than ever before. From field trips to exhibitions at Current Studio to oneonone conversations with renowned artists like Kiki Smith, our 20172018 students enjoyed a wide breadth of experiences and opportunities as young artists, which contributed to their project successes throughout the year. Several factors in the Mentorship Program indicate student success this year. Artspace implemented new evaluation surveys for students, teachers and mentors. Results and feedback from these surveys have been included in an attachment to this report. Our evaluation measurement categories were as follows: 1. Curriculum Quality 2. Mentor Effectiveness 3. Resource Evaluation
4. Learning Outcomes This is the first year we’ve performed evaluation surveys, and will continue to use these as an evaluation tool in future years. Another evaluation tool we use for student success is the Mentorship Program syllabus, which outlines a monthtomonth curriculum of program activities and projects. Syllabus Learning Goals: 1. Analyze and interpret works of art. 2. Create works of art that utilize technical understanding and an appreciation of printmaking processes. 3. Use vocabulary specific to printmaking. 4. Create works of art that utilize the elements of art and design. 5. Create works of art that utilize expressive, emotive, and aesthetic elements. Based on the evaluation surveys and syllabus goals, learning goals for this program were achieved through the following projects, assignments, and outcomes: 1. Two major projects of the school year exemplify this program’s learning goals by showcasing student work. The Mentorship Exhibition features a juried exhibition of our students’ outstanding work from throughout the school year. Program learning goals are exemplified in this exhibition through each student’s ability to complete their art works in a timely fashion, to formulate descriptive yet succinct artist bios, to properly display their works, and to engage in an active dialogue about their works. Students from all nine schools enjoyed their works on display throughout March and April this year, showcasing various accomplishments like bookmaking, silk prints, and woodblock design. Many works were for sale, with students receiving a 50% commission. Artist bios and images from the exhibition are included with additional support material in this report. 2. Our second major project of the year is also a deadlinedriven, art business learning experience. The Steamroller Festival is a oneday event showcases the printing of largescale wood blocks carved by local artists and high school students in the Mentorship Program. Blocks will be inked and printed on Tyvek with a 5ton steamroller on the day of the event. April 28, 2018 marks our second festival, during which local colleges and universities visit and use our facilities for the day, while Mentorship students interact with art professors, college students, and professional artists. This year, students will also sell works in their own tent at the festival, gaining experience in the art of business and sales, while showcasing their talent to the public. 3. Beyond the school year, students regularly use Artspace as an educational resource beyond classroom time. Around 20% of Mentorship students this year have spent many hours or their spring, winter and summer breaks to continue work on their art, intern, work in Artspace’s Hive shop, and to volunteer their time maintaining the print studio. These extra hours build professional demeanor, a sense of purpose, and endless curiosity in students. 4. As this program has grown dramatically in the past year, Artspace decided to create its first official evaluation of this program. We ask for feedback from students, inschool teachers, and mentors. Feedback from each survey category is detailed in the attached excel document. Due to
ongoing teacher walkouts in Oklahoma, we were unable to obtain data as soon as we anticipated. However, the remainder of surveys will be distributed by the last week of school in May. (just summarize consensus)