Creativity at East Side Arts Council

The creative momentum continues during COVID-19 at East Side Arts Council, a Discovery Arts grantee. A teaching artist combined artistry and technology to continue a residency when COVID-19 closed schools. Peter Morrow worked with teachers at Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet Elementary School to utilize their virtual learning platform to provide kindergarten classes with a music and songwriting residency. Students drew pictures and helped Peter write song lyrics for two pieces: I Water My Plants and Community Helpers. You can view the finished products on the East Side Arts Council website here.

A new initiative of artist-led video projects encourages children to create art with recycled materials found at home. Dakota artist Graci Horne, the first artist featured in the series, shares the steps of Sunka Wakan Marionette puppet-making, Wicasta Hesma Bigfoot printmaking and more. You can view the “Arts at Home” video series here.