Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Olive Bieringa
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2018
End Date
December 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Olive Bieringa will create ENFOLD, a work that will unravel the mystery of our embryological development as it relates to cellular consciousness, movement, mind and spirit.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ramona Jacobs: Owner and director of Fergus Falls School of Dance; Heather Klopchin: Associate professor and chair of St Olaf College dance department; Sachiko Nishiuchi: Flamenco dancer and instructor; Arts Board grantee; Akiko Ostlund: Dancer, performing artist, poet, puppeteer, and activist; Naimah Petigny: Dancer; PhD candidate in feminist studies at the U of M; Michele Rusinko: Professor and chair of department of theater and dance, Gustavus Adolphus College; April Sellers: Dancer, choreographer; artistic director of The April Sellers Dance Collective; Linda Shapiro: Founder and former artistic codirector of New Dance Ensemble, director of New Dance Laboratory, and faculty member, department of theatre and dance, University of Minnesota; freelance writer; Chitra Vairavan: Dancer and choreographer; founding member of Ananya Dance Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,000
Direct expenses
$18,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

ENFOLD will challenge and sharpen my choreographic process through a deep somatic enquiry in embryology for the first time. Ongoing self-assessment. Feedback from collaborators/performers, peers, audience (performances, Question and Answer and workshop participants), critics, and press. Written responses by commissioned artists. 2: Understand how these embryological practices can impact us collectively beyond the classroom to create profound and challenging artistic experiences. Feedback from collaborators/performers, peers, audience (performances, question and answer session and workshop participants), critics, and press, written responses by commissioned artists, and audience statistics.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We deepened our artistic research methodologies and I developed several strategies for choreographing with this embryology material. I had ongoing self-assessment and feedback from collaborators/performers, peers, audience (performances, Q+A and workshop participants), critics, and press. 2: Minnesota artists and audiences were exposed to profound and challenging artistic experiences. I collected feedback from collaborators/performers, peers, audience (performances, Q+A and workshop participants), critics, and press.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Olive
Last Name
Bieringa
Organization Name
Olive Bieringa
State
MN
Phone
(917) 463-9300
Email
olive@bodycartography.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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