Walker Art Center

The Walker Art Center will enhance its family programs with new activities to reach the specific needs of two target audiences. The museum will engage community organizations and teaching artists from a diverse range of backgrounds--with a focus on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities--as key partners to present culturally-relevant performances, workshops, and hands-on art-making activities, including programming in major languages other than English that are spoken in Minnesota, such as Spanish, Hmong, and Somali. The project will diversify family programming; produce more inclusive and sensory-friendly resources and marketing materials; develop and deepen partnerships with community organizations serving neurodiverse and CALD audiences; and create professional development and employment opportunities for CALD artists. The museum will hire a contract evaluator as well as an outreach and evaluation assistant to assist with project activities and to produce and disseminate a report on the initiative to share with the field.