Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Duke will write and perform Missing Mississippi Moons, a solo performance piece about the migration of his ancestors from Greenville, Mississippi to Chicago from the 1930s to the 1970s.
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.
Jeffrey Bleam: Associate professor of costume design and directing, Saint Cloud State University; Julia Gay: Actor, dancer, playwright, and comedian; Rachel Haider: Performing arts manager, Northfield Arts Guild; founder and director, Purple Door Youth Theater program; Paul Herwig: Coartistic director, Off-Leash Area; Arts Board grantee; Rebecca Meyer-Larson: Theater arts, language arts and speech communications teacher, Moorhead High School; William Nour: Playwright; Arts Board grantee; Fathimath Eliza Rasheed: Multidisciplinary performance artist; director of school theater program; Arts Board grantee; Benjamin Thietje: Cofounder and coartistic director of DalekoArts in New Prague
ACHF Arts Access
At the end of this project, I will have a more in-depth understanding of who I am as an artist and how my art responds to the Twin Cities community. I will hold post play discussions after each show. I will record and transcribe each discussion for my records so I can reflect and continue to grow as an artist. 2: I'll develop my research, writing, and acting skills in solo-performance by creating Missing Mississippi Moons. I will meet my mentor once a week after our rehearsals for evaluation. I'll also keep an artistic journal throughout the creation period in order to self-assess where I am in my creative process.
Outcome 1: Was able to gain a more in-depth understanding of who I am as an artist and how my work connects with audiences. Held post play discussions after each show. Recorded and transcribe discussions for further reflection. Outcome 2: Developed my research, writing, and acting skills in solo-performance by creating Mississippi Moons. Met with mentor after rehearsals and kept an artist journal for self assessment.
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