Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Henney will spend six months researching and writing a hybrid manuscript on death, gender, and honeybees. Henney will also facilitate a workshop and reading series themed around environmental justice.
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.
Philip Bryant: Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus; three published books of poetry; Rebecca Fremo: Poet and essayist; professor of English and writing at Gustavus Adolphus; April Gibson: Poet, essayist, author of the chapbook Automation; Michael Kleber Diggs: Poet and essayist; Arts Board grantee; David Mura: Poet, novelist, memoirist; Donna Salli: Writer; retired professor of English at Central Lakes College; Linnea Schluessler: Director, Academic Success Center, Northland Community and Technical College
ACHF Arts Access
Theodosia Henney will research and complete a hybrid poetry manuscript concerning the history and future of death, gender, and honeybees. Six months spent researching at museums, archives, and the U of Minnesota bee lab, resulting in a historically informed manuscript of at least 85 pages, of which 24 poems and a ten page lyrical essay are already complete. 2: Theodosia Henney will collaborate with local apiaries to host a writing workshop and public reading series themed around issues of environmental justice. Facilitation of a writing workshop and reading series in collaboration with local apiaries, where individuals can explore how their lives are tied to the health of their environment, of which bees are an indicator.
Theodosia Henney completed an 85 page speculative poetry manuscript on human/environmental relations. Six months were spent researching and completing the manuscript, which is under consideration with various publishers. Several individual poems from the manuscript have appeared or are forthcoming in literary journals. 2: Theodosia Henney hosted a writing workshop and three readings in collaboration with environmentally-concerned venues, in the presence of honeybee hives. Each of the three readings for the Cross-Pollination Reading Series collaborated with community spaces that are home to local pollinators. The result was a series that engaged individuals directly with their environment, and with the local pollinators.