Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To attend and present at a writers' conference in Minneapolis.
Kari Adams: Studio artist, graphic designer, printmaker; Stan Goldade: High School math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jamie Beyer: Marketing and graphic designer; Don Clark: Professor at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, photographer; Eric Abrahamson: Former stage manager, Historic Holmes Theatre and Board member Playhouse 412; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Gregory DeGier: trumpet player for Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles and pit bands; Jim Arvidson: Graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute, community service volunteer; Minette Stalheim Johnson: Lay minister with degrees in Theology and English; Jeannie Pederson: Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator; Timothy Ray: Actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Michael Eble: Professor and gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris, drawing and painting; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Nancy Berns: Former Lake Region Arts Council Board member, radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer.
Kari Adams: Studio artist, graphic designer, printmaker; Stan Goldade: High School math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jamie Beyer: Marketing and graphic designer; Don Clark: Professor at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, photographer; Eric Abrahamson: Former stage manager, Historic Holmes Theatre and Board member Playhouse 412; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Gregory DeGier: trumpet player for Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles and pit bands; Jim Arvidson: Graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute, community service volunteer; Minette Stalheim Johnson: Lay minister with degrees in Theology and English; Jeannie Pederson: Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator; Timothy Ray: Actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Michael Eble: Professor and gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris, drawing and painting; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Nancy Berns: Former Lake Region Arts Council Board member, radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer.
ACHF Arts Education
The goals of this project are: 1. Create time and space to allow me to complete my novel manuscript, The Second Voyage of Audley Worthington, in preparation for submission to publishers. 2. To increase knowledge and appreciation of the literary work being produced in West Central Minnesota. 3. To learn from peers and mentors by participating in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference and to share the literary traditions of rural Minnesota by presenting at this conference. I will measure the goals of my project as follows: Goal 1: Create time and space to allow me to complete my novel manuscript, The Second Voyage of Audley Worthington, in preparation for submission to publishers Measure: successful completion of the novel in preparation for publication by the end of the grant period. Goal 2: To increase knowledge and appreciation of the literary work being produced in West Central Minnesota, specifically the Lake Region. Measure: Upon completion of the novel, submission of the novel to publishers with national reputations. Goal 3. To learn from peers and mentors by participating in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference and to share the literary traditions of western Minnesota by presenting at this conference. Measure: My attendance and participation in at least 4 conference I will measure the goals of my project as follows: Goal 1: Create time and space to allow me to complete my novel manuscript, The Second Voyage of Audley Worthington, in preparation for submission to publishers Measure: successful completion of the novel in preparation for publication by the end of the grant period. Goal 2: To increase knowledge and appreciation of the literary work being produced in West Central Minnesota, specifically the Lake Region. Measure: Upon completion of the novel, submission of the novel to publishers with national reputations. Goal 3. To learn from peers and mentors by participating in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference and to share the literary traditions of western Minnesota by presenting at this conference. Measure: My attendance and participation in at least 4 conference panels at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference as well as by measuring the number of new networking contacts I make at the conference and keeping a count of the number of participants who attend the “Letters from the Snow Belt: Writing in the Land of Blizzards and Cabin Fever” conference panel.
I attended in 12 panels as well as multiple evening off-site events during the conference. Networking: I connected with writer Evan Morgan Williams who interviewed me for the literary website/podcast Late Night Library to highlight the release of my novel this fall. I also met with my publisher and my publicist. The panel drew roughly 50 audience members.
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