Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
Connecting Two Worlds Through Cross Stitching. A documentary book, narrating my parents? historical journey through textile print designs. Included will be an DVD to preserve my parents? legacy and knowledge of traditional crafts forever.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Paula Gudmundson: Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Judy Budreau: writer and editor; Jeffrey Kalstrom: sculptor and printmaker, Professor of Fine Art at University of Minnesota-Duluth.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My textile designs are created on the memories of my childhood, Hmong cross stitching, a hobby taught by my mom. My parents are aging so fast. It saddens me to know that I won't have much time to celebrate life with them much longer. Not only celebrating life, but my family will never have my parents' memoir along with their knowledge of traditional crafts. I will design a documentary book narrating my parents' lives through textile prints, using techniques I've acquired throughout the years along with new traditional hand craft techniques I am pursuing to learn. This textile book will be visual and tangible, with English subtitled DVD. A book to keep forever, connecting us to our history and commemorating traditions. I will complete this textile documentary book within one year by contracting videographer, attaining wisdom of traditional craftsmanship through workshops (natural batiking, yarns and fabrics dye, hand reverse applique, and embroider Hmong story cloth) and upgrading all my technology equipment so I will have the best quality and speed. As an artist, I hope to connect future generations to our broken tradition, history and culture through this innovative textile memoir book. I will gift this textile book to my family so we can keep my parents' legacy along with preserving our priceless and crucial history forever.
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