Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Berger will work with a mentor to finish her first memoir and submit it to literary contests and agents. She will give a reading and facilitate a memoir workshop for adults with mental illness.
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. Chair, 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. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Ashley Benites: Novelist, writing instructor, Arts Board grantee; Victoria Blanco: Writer and teaching artist; Arts Board grantee; Karlyn Coleman: Writer; teaching artist at the Loft; Arts Board grantee; Shannon Gibney: Author and activist; teaches in English department at MCTC; Margaret Newman: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Matthew Ryan: Writer, English professor at Concordia St. Paul; Arts Board grantee; Michele Valenti: Writer, winner of Loft Mentor Series in fiction
ACHF Arts Access
Guided by a mentor, I will complete my first memoir and have a submission worthy manuscript. Grant goal will be met by an 80,000 word manuscript and query emails sent to at least five literary agents. 2: I will hold a memoir reading and workshop at the Lighthouse drop-in center in Minneapolis. Participants can share their work at the end. I will take attendance at my workshop. A short survey will be given to workshop participants, allowing for a second workshop session if that is wanted.
100,432 manuscript now undergoing final edit before agent submissions. Proposed outcome not yet met. Fantastic progress has been made! I created more new material than I expected to, therefore editing is taking longer. Agent submissions not yet made. 2: I held a workshop to celebrate my peers with mental illness, telling their own stories. I took attendance at my workshop. There were eight individuals who attended my workshop and all were provided feedback forms, five completed forms were handed back.