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| 3037 - Increasing Access to Quality Arts Experiences | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3037.1) | 7 |
Number of teaching artists brought to community through Extension collaborations |
| 3037.2) | 349 |
Number of participants reporting an understanding of quality artistic experiences |
| 3037.3) | 2 |
Number of Extension facilitated arts programming receiving local, state, or national recognition |
| 3037.4) | 349 |
Number of participants engaged in artistic activities that advance critical thinking |
| 3037.5) | 100 |
Number of participants reporting appreciation of artistic accomplishments |
| 3037.6) | 34 |
Number of artists reporting appreciation and/or validation of their artistic accomplishments |
| 3037.7) | 385 |
Number of community members reporting a new artistic experience |
| 3037.8) | 21 |
Number of artists showcasing work (visual, literary, performing) through an Extension sponsored or coordinated event |
| 3037.9) | 405 |
Number of community members engaged in an Extension-sponsored gallery exhibit |
Author: Cortney Moses
Major Program: Increasing Access to Quality Arts Experiences
2018 is Whitley County’s Bicentennial, for the month of April the City government has a calendar full of activities planned celebrating the unique history, people and places. For the past year the Whitley County Extension Fine Arts Agent Cortney Moses worked with the city government, city council members, tourism and community volunteers to help plan events for the celebration. The Extension Community Art Center is located on main street of Williamsburg city across from City Hall. Fine Art
Author: Cortney Moses
Major Program: Increasing Access to Quality Arts Experiences
Having a very low percentage of Hispanic population in Whitley County at 1.3 percent, it is the responsibility of the Whitley County Extension Fine Arts program to promote inclusivity in all our programs and events.During our monthly Mountain Textiles art group meeting, we had a participant visiting from Chile. The participant was a senior female that had previous experience with the Batik technique that was being taught that night. Batik is an Indonesian fabric dying technique using wax resista
