Engaging Haliburton Highlands High School Students in Art

Engaging Haliburton Highlands High School Students in Art

Figurski, Emma; Loney, Jenna

The Agnes Jamieson Gallery
Host contact: Carmount, Laurie

Hermiston, Alana
Department: Sociology

TP-540

2006

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Haliburton County

Arts programming for high school students

Collect information from high school students through interviews and focus groups to develop a plan for their participation in art programs at a local gallery. Gather ideas and strategies for engaging youth in the arts community in terms of targeting marketing and communication to youth, creating programs of interest and problem solving around barriers to participation.

This study, commissioned by the Agnes Jamieson Art Gallery in Minden, is interested in providing art programs for the high school students in Haliburton. The students at Haliburton Highlands High School were questioned in order to ascertain their interest in, and attitudes towards art. A literature review on youth participation in the arts was conducted, along with a 2-page report questionnaire for students from grade nine and grade twelve. The questionnaire gathered information on the students’ previous interest and participation in art programs, barriers that the students experience, and the current and future interest they may have in art participation.

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