Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Atleework will work on her nonfiction book exploring themes of home and stewardship. She will offer a Minneapolis reading with Friends of the Mississippi River and a writing workshop at Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Rebecca Brooks: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Scott Carpenter: Fiction writer; teacher at Carleton; Martin Cozza: Fiction writer; Arts Board grantee; Margaret Newman: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Cole Perry: Northern Minnesota novelist; Robin Rozanski: Writer; teaching artist at The Loft; Molly Sutton Kiefer: Poet, essayist, editor and publisher of Tinderbox Editions in Red Wing
ACHF Arts Access
I will deepen my understanding of my craft, my book's central questions, and my voice and priorities as a writer. This project will be deemed successful if I make progress on a book of literary nonfiction: drafting 250 new pages, polishing two chapters, and drafting a book proposal. 2: I will develop my ability to turn writing into a dynamic conversation with an audience, moving ideas about stewardship from the page to the community. This project will be deemed successful if I present new work and foster public conversations about stewardship at a reading, and share what I have learned by teaching a creative writing workshop.
Atleework deepened her understanding of her craft, her book's central questions, and her voice and priorities as a writer. Completed work on manuscript as proposed. 2: Atleework developed the ability to turn writing into a dynamic conversation with an audience and larger community. Atleework presented new work and fostered public conversations about place and stewardship at a reading and by teaching a creative writing workshop.