Inspiring Creativity During COVID-19
- Older adult students at the Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, a Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums grantee, virtually participated in the second half of their Vitality Arts workshop on self-portraits in mixed media by sending photos of their work in progress and receiving feedback from the teaching artist through email or WhatsApp.
- After an in-person eight-week Vitality Arts nature journaling class at Naples Botanical Garden, a Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums grantee, students launched a Facebook group for the class to share their work and to stay engaged and connected as a group.
- Rumriver Art Center, a Seeding Vitality Arts Minnesota grantee, is offering live online art classes intended for older adults ages 55+ and pre-recorded classes intended for school-age children. Anyone can join either class, with offerings in watercolor, art history and painting.
- A Seeding Vitality Arts Minnesota grantee, TU Dance is offering live online classes for all ages taught by TU Dance teaching artists.
- Northern Clay Center, a Discovery Arts grantee, has pre-recorded artist lectures available through YouTube.
- MacPhail Center for Music, a Discovery Arts, Humanity Arts and Vitality Arts grantee, is offering live online instruction for all ages. Students enrolled in a K-12 Minnesota school are also eligible to participate in MacPhail’s free MacPhail K-12@Home program.