Quick Start Opportunity Grants

My goal is to attend a workshop on the fundamentals of beadwork and apply what I learn to my art. Beadwork is a new process in my fiber / assemblage art form. The outcome of this goal is to add a new dimension and material, beading, to create art representative of the mysticism I experience deep in the woods of the Superior National Forest. The new art will immediately be exhibited in my local gallery and other local and regional exhibitions. The outcomes from this workshop are important to the materials, processes, and product necessary in my art. Materials: The fundamental nature of this workshop will teach me to improve techniques of peyote and brickwork stitches to create shapes and imagery. Materials: The accompanying conference is advertised as the largest bead consumer market in the world. I will learn about the materials that will best work with my art and have a place to purchase them. Processes: I will visit with other beaders and learn from their experiences and beadwork. The beadwork in various exhibitions at this conference will be inspiring. Product: My art will immediately show the results of this workshop. For example I am trying to make beaded shapes as elements in my designs and need one-on-one guidance how to make them. As a result my beaded shapes will look more like the images in my imagination. I punch holes in my copper shapes for threading beads. I will learn what threading materials work best with the sharp hard edges of copper. Upon my return I will immediately be able to produce art for the Kess Gallery, the juried July 2015 Greenstone Art Show and Sale, and the fall and winter art shows in Ely and in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul. I will be able to use these work samples to apply for larger grants with Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board.