Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Sinness will research the history of the Twin Cities Good Time Softball League and its role in Minnesota?s GLBTQ history to create new portrait drawings for exhibition in the Twin Cities.
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
Susan Feigenbaum: Ceramic artist and educator; Arts Board grantee; Ernest Gillman: Visual artis, Arts Board grantee; Paige Guggemos: Freelance graphic and web designer; printmaker; Ann Klefstad: Artist and writer; Arts Board grantee; Charles Matson Lume: Visual artist; professor of art, School of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Stout; James Sannerud: Wood carver and furniture maker; Arts Board grantee
ACHF Arts Access
Through enhanced documentation of artwork, art exhibits and website development, I will increase my professionalism and visibility as an artist. I will have learned to edit my new website with professionally documented artwork, which will enable me to gain marketing skills to increase sales, and provide enhanced local and national visibility. 2: I will show new work and give artist lectures in Minnesota colleges and universities to discuss the content of my new drawings and my career in the arts. Success in completion of public speaking events based on engaging discussions with, questioning, and insights provided by audiences. This feedback creates ties with audiences and better future work.
Through enhanced documentation of artwork, art exhibits, and a new website, I have increased my professionalism and visibility as an artist. I learned to create my new website with my professionally documented artwork, which has enhanced local and national visibility of my work. I am more comfortable marketing my work now than before. My new images and website enhance my career. 2: I have shown new work and given lectures in Minnesota colleges and in galleries to discuss the content of my new drawings and my career in the arts. I have engaged more widely with non-traditional audiences than ever before and have learned to unite disparate-seeming communities with art. I completed seven public speaking events and had discussions with, questioning, and learned from my audiences.