Artist Initiative
ACHF Arts Access
I will learn to use a professional digital printer in order to do work prints and exhibition prints for How We Live. The results will be on paper. My photographic prints will exist because of the addition of the Epson 7890, and as an artist I will be able to compare and contrast the silver gelatin prints from the past with the new digital prints in order to help me decide which direction to take the work in the future. 2: Showing my photos at hospice care homes will reach an often underserved population including those with low incomes, HIV-positive residents, and those living with no disposable income for art and cultural events. A comment book will accompany the exhibit. More than a guest book, the pages will have preprinted questions such as: What do the photographs and text reveal about How We Live? How can places of sanctuary and retreat help How We Live? What did you learn from How We Live?
The project went as described in the grant application. Just as stated in the proposal, I interviewed people at Kawashaway, I had the interviews transcribed and then subsequently used the texts in the public performance at Patrick's Cabaret in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was able to have many images in my huge body of work scanned and printed. I now have the work as prints to handle and show beyond the framed images on loan at Clare Housing. During the public night at Patrick's Cabaret I also presented a multi-media presentation show casing more of the images than were framed. 2: This aspect of the project is currently happening as the exhibit will run for a year at Clare Housing, Many people from the Clare Housing Community, both in management and people who live at Clare housing attended the public event and they all expressed a huge excitement over having new artwork for the community spaces. The Director of Clare Housing spoke at the public event about the mission of Clare Housing, the current state of HIV and AIDS in Minnesota and the information he gave validated the importance of both the art and having the art in the community. The Faerie community came out for the event and it gave many great pride to see that pictures from the sanctuary were going to provide an alternate view to those with HIV and or AIDS and for the other groups that use the Clare Housing facilities.