Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Following a severe hand injury, Ollig will create a series of large oil portraits based on 3-D printed maquettes to be publicly exhibited in a gallery and two open studio viewings with an artist talk at each event.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, 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.
Peter Driessen: Visual artist, sculptor, curator, and cultural producer; Teréz Iacovino: Visual artist and curator; assistant curator, Katherine E. Nash Gallery; Catherine Meier: Visual artist; Ryuta Nakajima: Contemporary artist, curator, product designer; associate professort of art, University of Minnesota Duluth; Nicole Simpkins: Visual artist; drawing and printmaking instructor at Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Michelle Wingard: Photographer; professor at Bethel; Arts Board grantee
ACHF Arts Access
The audience will come to see people from marginalized communities in a familiar and positive light. Attendance will be taken at the two open studio events and public exhibition. Online comments and social media 'likes' will be tabulated and the information gathered will be presented in a written paper published on the artist's website. 2: The artist will develop skills to combine 3D-printed maquettes with traditional oil painting to develop a new series of portraits. The artist will have two open studios and a public exhibition of completed paintings and maquettes. The artist will give talks at all three events describing the process and what he learned.
Outcome has been delayed due complications from Long-Covid. Due to the artist's struggle with long-Covid, this activity will be completed the soonest it is possible. 2: The artist is developing skills to combine 3D-printed maquettes with traditional oil painting to develop a new series of portraits. Due to the artist's struggle with long-Covid, this activity will be completed the soonest it is possible.