Artist Initiative
ACHF Arts Access
I will complete a project with grant resources that are otherwise unavailable. I will increase my knowledge, through research, consultation, and experimentation, of the new parameters I am working with. The project will succeed when I create a cohesive and inspiring exhibition. Also, when I expand my expertise in creating and sustaining living ecosystems in challenging circumstances, achieved through trial and error, research and consultation. 2: Create a larger audience through promotion, by reaching audiences such as park visitors, and through documentation and online exposure. I will monitor visitors through gallery counts, park visitor counts and online views.
The project presented myriad opportunities for learning. I researched and implemented solar technology, wireless and internet technologies. I also developed a deeper understanding of the physical processes involved in making biosphere floats, buoyancy, ecosystem management, gas exchange, photosynthesis, logistics and techniques involved in large scale ceramics. I also learned about glass blowing, welding, electronics, aquarium management and nautical construction. The techniques and skills I developed are continuing to bear fruit as I develop even more complex biosphere floats today. It would have been impossible to create the human scale biosphere float I am currently creating, without the knowledge I developed thanks to the MSAB. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity to further my knowledge and complete the work I dreamed of making. 2: The work was successfully seen by many Minnesotans, both in the outdoor projects and the indoor exhibitions.