Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
Career Grant: Website and Sex in My City blog
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; 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; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; 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.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Paula Gudmundson: Music professor at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Kayla Schubert: arts administrator, curatorial assistant; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Pamela Davis: artist, weaver, instructor.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Success to me is measurable on three planes. I grow internal awareness alongside external strengths as both an artist and organizer. I think of the intersection of these parts as where my deep meets my humanity. I talk about this intersection with my non-fiction and fiction writing. My life as a community artist (organizer) is another way I express myself. Currently, as a creative I seek a way to bring the three parts of who I am together in a more cohesive way. Quantitatively, I want to create a website that will house both my creative work (which is prolific yet feels obscure without a consistent place for sharing) and a blog for my political and artistic voice. With the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council career grant, I?ll purchase a new computer, hire someone to design the website and teach me how to maintain it. I?ll attend a two part essay and literary journalism writing workshop with the Op-Ed Project in late spring 2017. Finally, I?ll submit my creative writing to various publications (both print and online) and contests. I will be paid for my work as a featured author. I also want to connect with feminist creative writers and literary journalists. The Loft Literary Center offers classes that will allow me to further establish myself and create community. I want to be a recognized creative voice and leader in the movement (reproductive and sexual health) and an established artist. Furthermore, I want to consistently earn money with my writing. I want a place where I can expand the scope of my projects, connect with others, and continue to develop my voice. I look at my website, blog and publication goals as measurable outcomes. As a recognized, successful community and literary artist, I will lend my lived experience to a powerful feminist lexicon, be an audaciously creative game-changer, and convey the multifaceted reality of who I am. I imagine myself as a recognized author using literary, narrative and essay writing to fully express my creative and civically engaged self. After using this grant to its full extent, I?m widely published and have my own platform to share ideas, expertise, and a distinct voice.
My website and blog were designed and built by a local graphic artist and are now viewable by the public. As an artist, I'm able to upload all of my creative writing into different categories. I've been taught how to maintain the site and increase content- on a very basic level. I'm took my first class at the Loft Literary Center thanks to this grant and have a year paid for on my online domain.
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