Artist Fellowship
Artist Fellowship
Training period on digital design software -- Setting aside time for learning Vectorworks and other industry-standard digital design software, through both self-study and also one-on-one training from other professionals in the field.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist.
Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Scott Knudson: filmmaker, Legacy Producer at Lakeland Public Television; Amy Sharpe: weaver, writer, co-owner of Ripple River Gallery; Annamarie Gutsch: Executive Director at Arc Northland, musician; Nathan Bray: ceramic artist; Christian McShane: experimental musician; Brooke Boulton: poet, instructor of English at Rainy River Community College.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
I plan to use the fellowship to set aside time for learning Vectorworks digital design software and to hire a colleague in the field to provide me with hands-on training and real-world experience with the software. If time permits, I hope to extend that learning experience to include other digital design software and the Cricut online design tool. This modernization of my design process will allow me to enhance my professional presentations, stay competitive with other designers employing this technology, and greatly increase the time-efficiency of my work. The outcomes of my project will be straightforward to measure, as my increased education and experience with the digital design software will immediately allow me to create professional, computer-generated lighting and scenic design plans and the corresponding detail drawings and paperwork, rather than the hand-drafted designs that I now create. Computer-generated designs will enable me to work seamlessly with more professional organizations and will immediately speed up my design process, allowing me to use my time more efficiently and cost-effectively. I will also know I have been successful in integrating my new skills if I am communicating more effectively with colleagues and finding new ways to incorporate the digital methods.
The outcomes of my project have been very much as I anticipated -- I have been able to significantly increase my knowledge of and experience with Vectorworks digital design software, which allows me to create professional, computer-generated lighting and scenic design plans and the corresponding detail drawings and paperwork. I have been able to put these new skills to use immediately. Computer-generated designs enable me to work seamlessly with more professional organizations and greatly speed up my design process, allowing me to use my time more efficiently and cost-effectively.
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