Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Keobounpheng will develop technical metalsmithing skills and incorporate them into a new jewelry collection. Through artist talks in Duluth and Minneapolis, she will share her process as a Minnesota designer.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Elizabeth Devine: Jewelry designer and lettering artist; Southeastern Minnesota Visual Artists co-op board member; Brian Frink: Visual artist, professor of painting and drawing, chair, art department, Minnesota State University, Mankato; John Hock: Cofounder, CEO, artistic director of Franconia Sculpture Park; Katrina Knutson: Working artist, freelance educator, and community organizer; Seho Park: Artist; art professor, Winona State University; Judith Saye-Willis: Studio visual artist; Arts Board grantee
ACHF Arts Access
Tia Salmela Keobounpheng will acquire metal-smithing tools and skills to produce a new line of jewelry. The jewelry line will be produced and shared at public events during the year. 2: Tia Salmela Keobounpheng will share learning about her artistic process at public talks. Two public talks will be held.
Tia Salmela Keobounpheng acquired metalsmithing tools and generated new jewelry and sculpture work that was displayed in a solo exhibition. The jewelry work was shared with patrons at public events. The exhibition illustrated the growth and development of the artist's practice to the greater public. 2: Tia Salmela Keobounpheng shared learning about her artistic process at two public talks. Two public talks were well-attended by the public with a period of discussion afterwards.
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