Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Cozza will complete a final draft of his fantasy novel for children, "Vincent's Lens," which explores a child's grappling with the meaning of mortality after his father's death.
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
I will complete my novel for children, developing in the process the skills needed to shape a long-form narrative into an organic whole. The final draft of the book will be finished and polished, and I will have submitted it to agents before the end of the grant year.
I completed my novel. In the process, I had to bring a long, complex narrative to an organic and complete resolution. I finished and polished the final draft and submitted it to agents. It was picked up for representation by a prominent children's lit agent, Rubin Pfeffer of Rubin Pfeffer Content, who is now submitting it to major publishers. 2: I founded, announced, promoted, and held six monthly Fairy Tale Study Group meetings in the grant year. We continue to meet in 2019. I promoted and held six FTSG meetings at Moon Palace Books (July-December). Thirty people have attended so far, plus many email and Facebook contacts. The group continues to meet and prof. relationships have formed among members.
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