Quick Support for Artists
Quick Support for Artists
Pottery Studio Supplies and Small Equipment
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Justin Beck, chair of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission, president of Hutchinson Center for the Arts, photography, music; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician, Hinterland Art Crawl board; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board. Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Justin Beck, visual art, SMAC board; Eva Carlson, visual art; Reggie Gorter, theater, music; Stephen Kingsbury, music; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, SMAC board; Molly Rivera, visual art
ACHF Arts Access
My goal for this project is to improve my skills creating handmade ceramic plates, refining my forms to a more professional level. The clay and glaze will supply me with the materials I need to practice and test different variations of form and color. I expect the aesthetic quality of the forms and colors to become more pleasing. Even more important than the visual impact is the function. Handmade dishes need to perform at a high level on a consistent basis, which I hope to improve upon. The small equipment will allow me to fire and glaze the plates (and other small or shallow vessels) at much more efficient rate and will advance my skills that much quicker. My time and efforts spent improving plates will add to my experience and skills in general, and continue to make me a better ceramic artist. Each batch of plates that come out of the kiln can be compared and measured against older versions. Feedback from family, friends and customers is also a way that I measure my work and constantly improve my pottery.
This project gave me a better sense of myself as an artist. I learned to experiment and develop something different. I learned many techniques of how to use alcohol inks and believe I have come up with some uses that helped me to create a bit of a niche for myself as an artist. My original plan of combining with colored pencil did not work out, but the style I worked out combines alcohol ink in drop form from the bottle, then pointillism and alcohol ink pens. I learned how to layer the colors and yet keep them from looking muddy. People at my show commented on the vibrancy of the colors and had not seen this style of alcohol inks before. I was very nervous about putting my artwork out there, but it was worth it. This project inspired me to really dedicate a space to artwork and take time every day to work on art.
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