Artist Fellowship
Artist Fellowship
The proposed project of a Writing Fellowship will provide support and time for me to write and complete a young adult novel, and work with a mentor to revise it for publication, either through self-publication or a literary agency.
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
The goal of this Writing Fellowship is to write and complete the young adult novel manuscript entitled, Mighty. An ARAC Individual Artist Fellowship Award will enable me to step away from some wage-work commitments so that I can utilize my time to write and complete this writing project. The Writing Fellowship also involves the in-kind donation of time and feedback of professional mentor and editor, National Book Award nominee, Sandra Scofield, in preparation for publication (through either a literary agency or self-publishing). Throughout the ARAC Individual Artist Fellowship grant season, I will write through to the end of my novel manuscript. I will also begin to revise this work, based on monthly feedback from National Book Award nominee, Sandra Scofield. The completion of the manuscript, and its subsequent revision, will be followed by self-publication or submission of the manuscript to a literary agency for representation, by August 2019.
The actual measurable outcomes from completing my project was 1) monthly feedback with mentor, Sandra Scofield; 1) 20-(sometimes it was actually 40) hours wage work in the writing of my manuscript for the projected timeline; 3) my completed manuscript submitted to my mentor, Sandra Scofield in June 2019; 4) and revisions for submission to Emma Sweeney Literary Agency (June-Oct 2019).
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