Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
McCartney will create a handmade, quarterly, photobook series, printed and bound in her studio that will result in 72 completed books. She will organize a photobook salon at Soo Visual Art Center in Minneapolis that will also include other local photobook makers.
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
Joseph Allen: Photographer; media arts faculty at White Earth Tribal and Community College; Hillary Berg: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; John Gregor: Photographer and photo educator; Robert Kern: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Karen Melvin: Photographer; author of Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District; John Ratzloff: Photographer at Steger Wilderness Center; Bonnie Wilson: Consulting curator, librarian and archivist; former curator of photography, Minnesota Historical Society, Oakdale
ACHF Arts Access
I will further my artistic practice in the medium of photography and photo-books. A series of four photo-books will be created during the grant period. I will also research contemporary photo-books to better understand how my photography dialogs with others.
I did further my artistic practice in the medium of photobooks. The books were created and shared with curators, publishers and the Minnesota community. I spent time researching the medium and shared that knowledge with the audience and my students.