Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Estell will create a series of molds from stone facades in Duluth and use them to produce new sculpture. Estell will conduct a casting workshop at the Duluth Art Institute for the community to use the stone molds to create replicated natural forms.
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.; 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.
Shannon Estlund: Artist and educator; Arts Board grantee; Syed Hosain: Artist; Arts Board grantee; Paul Linden: Sculptor, craftsman, teacher; Arts Board grantee; Mary Ann Papanek-Miller: Professor and chair of the department of art, media, and design, DePaul University; mixed media artist.; Kimberlee Joy Roth: Ceramic artist; Arts Board grantee; John Sterner: Sculptor, painter, arts educator; Sandra Taylor: Interdisciplinary artist; teaching artist; Arts Board grantee; Sara Udvig: Public artist working with Partnership Art; Arts Board grantee
ACHF Arts Access
I will advance my technical mold making skills and greatly expand the conceptual range and physical scale of my work. Evaluation will be based on the successful integration and use of these collected molds to produce a new body of sculpture work for future exhibition. 2: The community will learn sculptural casting techniques during my workshop at the Duluth Art Institute and replicate natural stone surfaces. Evaluation will be based on the promotion, successful organization, public participation and sculptural forms created at the workshop event.
Estell gained valuable knowledge and experience through the process of expanding her technical range and the scale of the molds produced. Estell has incorporated the stone facade molds into a body of sculptural work that will be exhibited in Wrenshall, Minnesota in September 2019. 2: Estell lead a workshop at the Duluth Art Institute where participants successfully cast stone replica forms and learned sculpture casting techniques. The public workshop Estell conducted lead a group of registered participants through the processes of sculptural casting with successful results and encouraged the participants to pursue future art making and develop further artistic interests.