Artist Initiative
ACHF Arts Access
The artist will present a new body of work at an exhibition that will be open to the public. The new body of work will be completed and exhibited in Minneapolis and will also be present on the artist's website. 2: The artist will have accumulated new knowledge of polyurethane plastics and different mold making strategies through material investigation. Finished works in new materials that retain the high level of craft which I expect from my work.
The new body of work was exhibited at a gallery called Detroit in Downtown Minneapolis, and now the documentation lives on my website which will be available permanently. The exhibition was an amazing success, and we had a great turnout for the opening, hundreds of people attended including children, and all and all I thought the exhibition gave a great overview of my proposed Arts Board project. 2: I have developed a new way of casting metals, that I can do from anywhere, without an extensive foundry situation, and I have begun experimenting with chemical processes such as electroplating and electromagnetism. I don't think it was insular as much as the public that determined my degree of success. I have had a huge response to the work I am making now, and because of this grant I now have an upcoming Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program exhibition and I am a current resident at Pioneer Works, which in turn I have meetings with curators from the Whitney, Museum of Modern Art, the drawing center, JTT gallery and many more interesting and important people. Without this grant I would not be in the place that I am.