Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Hwang will spend six months researching and writing a first rough draft of her second poetry collection, "Cerigo," which explores issues of nonmotherhood. Hwang will also conduct poetry workshops and host a public reading.
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. Chair, 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. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
James Cihlar: Publisher, Howling Bird Press; Arts Board grantee; Yahya Frederickson: Poet; professor of English at Minnesota State University Moorhead; Marion Gomez: Poet and teaching artist, Loft Literary Center; Sagirah Shahid: Writer, educator, and advocate; Arts Board grantee; Elizabeth Tannen: Writer and teacher; Arts Board poetry grantee; Michael Torres: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
ACHF Arts Access
Su Hwang will research and write a first rough draft of her second poetry collection, Cerigo, which explores issues of non-motherhood. Six months spent researching at local libraries and museums while writing a first rough draft of at least 50 pages, which is considered poetry collection length (Poet already has approx. fifteen pages). 2: Su will also conduct poetry workshops at local support group chapters of RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association, and host a public reading. Work with individuals at local chapter(s) of RESOLVE during their peer-led support groups, and help them find creative ways to fully express the range of emotions around infertility through poetry.
Su Hwang has started her second poetry collection titled ROOST, exploring issues of madness, mass incarceration, and metaphors of containment. I was able to work more extensively with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and the Stillwater Prison Writers Collective, which sparked my interest in abolition, as well as form Poetry Asylum to further explore creative activism and agency. 2: Su organized and planned a daylong event called BreakOut: Voices from Inside in collaboration with PEN America, Motionpoems, and the Weisman Museum. I was able to connect with PEN America in NYC, numerous individuals working to fight mass incarceration in MN, as well as connect them to one another through a daylong event.