Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Hommeyer will complete Buoyancy, an intimate portrait of a woman with a rare diagnosis, in a film about cancer, courage, and chemotherapy. Screenings will take place at various locations in the Twin Cities.
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. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Layla Dowlatshahi: Playwright and Arts Board grantee; writing instructor at Normandale Community College; Denise Fick: Artist Initiative grantee; illustrator/animator/graphic designer; Dain Ingebretson: Freelance teaching artist, writer, producer; Peter Nelson: Assistant professor of new media art at Saint Olaf; Kevin Obsatz: Filmmaker and video artist; Arts Board grantee; Frank Sander: Filmmaker and multimedia artist
ACHF Arts Access
I will complete a new work for exhibition in galleries, wellness centers and film festivals with the intent to generate a dialogue about illness, loss and healing. The evaluation process will include a short written audience evaluation form, Q and A session and group discussion. Facebook and web blog will also be used to generate comments about the film. 2: Because screenings will be open to the public and held in many different venues, the artists involved in the project will have an opportunity to expand their audience base. Artists will be encouraged to attend screenings and participate in Q and A. The community impact will be evaluated by written audience evaluation forms from public screenings and social media.
The grant allowed me to produce a poetic and evocative 54-minute feature documentary film. Oral and written evaluations from the audience have been my guiding marker. Following the screenings, people started to share their own stories about illness, disease, treatment, caregiving, and recovery. The honest and evocative narrative of the film seemed to both compel the audience to share their personal stories and provide a safe place in which to share. 2: Diverse audiences across the state have been introduced to the poetry and music of several Minnesota artists they were not previously familiar with. One key factor in the evolution of the project was working with two subjects who were facing significant health challenges and were not available to fully participate. Moving forward, screenings will include literary publications and music by the artists.
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