Artist Growth
Artist Growth
Book of Poems: Flower Girls
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Maggie Fuller: visual art, writing; 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; 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; Erin Kline, visual art, music, writing, education, SMSU Diversity and Inclusion; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Jessica Mata: visual art, dance, Kerkhoven Arts Council; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; Ana Serrano: visual art, business; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Tyler Arts Council board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Bob Dorlac, visual art, education; Thomas Flynn, writing, photography; M.E. Fuller, writing, visual art, SMAC board; Tamara Isfeld, visual art, education; Jessica Mata, visual art, SMAC board; Georgette Jones, theater, music, education; Eva Margaret Carlson, visual art; Ana Serrano, visual art, SMAC board.
ACHF Arts Access
I will measure the success of the project through getting the book published, monitoring reviews on sites like Amazon and Goodreads, and getting feedback from people who read the book and attend the readings/exhibits. This project will allow me to grow as a poet and presenter. I have been coming back to my poetry in recent years and I am excited to start writing and publishing more. I am also excited to combine my poetry with visual art, and to do readings with a visual art aspect for the first time. I am excited to be able to also support local visual artists who are at the start of their careers. The creation of printed materials from this project (printed artwork with the poems on them) will also allow me to share my poetry in a new format and allow the artists to get additional profits and exposure from their contributions.