Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Beck will write and revise a body of speculative short stories as preparation for publication. She will also host three events that engage geeks of color in examining their subcultures.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Rebecca Brooks: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Scott Carpenter: Fiction writer; teacher at Carleton; Martin Cozza: Fiction writer; Arts Board grantee; Margaret Newman: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Cole Perry: Northern Minnesota novelist; Robin Rozanski: Writer; teaching artist at The Loft; Molly Sutton Kiefer: Poet, essayist, editor and publisher of Tinderbox Editions in Red Wing
ACHF Arts Access
Geeks of color connect and socialize through events that examine the influence of anime, comics, video games, and other subcultures. This will be successful if well-attended by participants who examine the influence of subcultures on their art and identities. I will also collect spoken, written, and electronic feedback indicating increased confidence, insight, and literary craft. 2: Maya Beck will complete and revise at least ten speculative short stories with a total word count of at least 50,000 words by the end of 2019. Chris Abani will review and critique each story for how successfully each story accomplishes the artistic aims set out for them, and I will polish stories according to his guidance as well my own aesthetic goals and principles.
Geeks of color connect and socialize through events that examine the influence of anime, comics, video games, and other subcultures. Verbal feedback collected during events. 2: Maya Beck completed and revised at seven speculative short stories with a total word count of over 35,000 words by the end of 2019. Evaluation by an external mentor, evaluation by self, objective word count.