Artist Equity
Artist Equity
Launch and Market Support for Voices Book
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. Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; 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; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; 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; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Louella Voigt: music, fiber art; Blue Mound Area Theatre board; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Janine Teske: music, theater, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley school board; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Luwaina Al-Otaibi, arts programming; Talon Cavender-Wilson, visual art; Fern Cloud, visual art; Michele Huggins, SMAC board; Cheniqua Johnson, theater, music; Michele Knife Sterner, SMAC board; John Sterner, visual art, education
ACHF Arts Access
Creating a platform for increasing awareness, discussion, and marketing will support me as a literary artist and to help launch the Voices book. By having a public presence it will require me to be clear about my artistic goals, values, and approaches and help launch the Voices book. Creating a Facebook site will provide opportunity to increase visibility and awareness of my art and upcoming events as well as create space for discussions on intersections of of land, storytelling, Dakota history and contemporary issues, growing foods, etc. Attending 20 public book readings/signings will help market the Voices book and help increase my public speaking comfort level. I anticipate this next book launch and subsequent readings will only increase my confidence and 'own space' as a literary artist. I will know I was successful by having a completed website (with technical and artistic support) before book launch (November 2021) and tracking the number of followers, having a completed a Facebook page (with technical and artistic support) before book launch Nov 2021, and documenting the number of readings, locations, estimated audience numbers and demographics, and any marketing materials.
While I had been mostly focused on my generative quillwork, I now see it as part of a larger whole of Dakota artistic methods in digital space, and it has forced me to adapt to the rapidly changing technology. I spend far more time figuring out how to dance between generative and AI art, and how these mediums are uniquely poised to make social commentaries on colonization, indigeneity, and our ever-changing socio-political climate. Publicly, I have reached a much wider audience for my work, have been granted additional artistic fellowships and opportunities, and am taking far bolder chances with my artistic practice. I have also begun curating exhibits and spaces, with my increased understanding and usage of the technology.