Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Dakota poet LaBlanc will develop and perform a site specific poetry play at various sites around Minneapolis, revealing forgotten stories and places from an indigenous perspective.
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
ACHF Arts Access
Audiences and participants will learn about Minneapolis history and places through the life stories and poetry of Dakota elder Thomas LaBlanc. Through post-show discussions and audience surveys, audiences will be asked what they learned from the experience of these performances, what they discovered about Minneapolis. 2: Poet Thomas LaBlanc will learn to combine poetry, storytelling, music, and theatrical elements into an innovative, new site-specific performance. By creating a site-specific performance that combines poetry, storytelling, music, and theater, Poet Thomas LaBlanc will have learned new skills in creating new hybrid forms of his work.
Audiences and participants learned about Minneapolis history and places through the life stories and poetry of Dakota elder Thomas LaBlanc. Through post-show discussions and audience surveys, audiences reported a deeper understanding of the history they learned about the history on this land from the experience of these performances. 2: Poet Thomas LaBlanc learned to combine poetry, storytelling, music, and theatrical elements into an innovative, new site-specific performance. By creating four site-specific performances that combines poetry, storytelling, music, and theater, Poet Thomas LaBlanc learned and honed skills in creating new hybrid forms of his work.
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