In its fifth year, Digital Kids brings a resident media artist into two Twin Cities' classrooms to lead classes through a documentary process that focuses on the Festival as its subject. Students from Frost Lake Magnet and Webster Magnet in St. Paul and Keewaydin in Minneapolis will begin researching Festival artists in the fall and will create a documentary that captures the art forms and cultures represented in the artist’s performance. In preparation for the interviews with company members, students learn the foundations of interviewing, documenting, editing, and researching with local media artist Usry Alleyne. A final, edited copy of the documentary will be shown in the Box Office lobby during the Festival Family Days. Digital Kids is sponsored by Best Buy Children’s Foundation.
At Keewaydin, students were introduced to Ecuadorian music by artist Leo Lara and interviewed Andes Manta. At Frost Lake, students worked with spoken word artist Katie Vang, drummer Sean Moucheupao, and interviewed performers from DRUM! to explore elements of rhythm and poetry. At Webster, students worked with puppet artist Malia Burkhart to create their own marionette puppets and interviewed company members from Marionetas de la Esquina. Thank you to the amazing teachers and artists that led this project. Look for a final copy of the video on our website at the end of August!
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