Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Torres will work with an editor to revise his first book of poems, Against the Closed Ear of Sky. He will host a poetry workshop for homeless youth at the 410 Project and give a reading in Mankato.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Richard Broderick: Poetry and fiction writer; writing instructor at the Loft and Anoka-Ramsey Community College; Yahya Frederickson: Poet, professor of English at Minnesota State University Moorhead; Wendy Gonzalez-Baez: Writer, teacher, performance poet and installation artist; Athena Kildegaard: Poet; lecturer, University of Minnesota Morris.; Michelle Matthees: Widely-published poet and educator; Saara Myrene Raappana: Published poet; editor of Cellpoems, a poetry journal; Carolyn Williams-Noren: Poet
ACHF Arts Access
I will develop a first book of poems currently in progress that will be ready for submission by the end of the grant period. Keeping count of new poems I have created and completed and receiving feedback from a professional, will confirm my progress towards submission of a full manuscript for publication. 2: I will host a poetry workshop and reading centered on identity, inviting homeless youth I work with, artists in my community and the public. Reportage of attendance at the event, along with content presentation and audience response gauged by survey handed out at the event.
I developed my first collection of poems and began submitting it to first book competitions. I submitted individual poems to journals (some were accepted for publication). I submitted the collection to competitions after revising and receiving manuscript consultation. The collection is currently a finalist for a first book prize. 2: I printed 50 copies of chapbooks written by homeless or at-risk youth at the Reach drop-in center. The chapbook was released at a reading. I counted 38 people in attendance. All 50 copies of the chapbook were given away.