Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Hirsch will create an installation called Land (e)Scape, a sense based experience to explore the importance of winter and death through the seasonal cycles of the prairie.
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.
Guillermo Guardia: Sculptor; works in collections in North Dakota and Peru; Karissa Isaacs: Associate curator, Tweed Museum Duluth; Mary Beth Magyar: Sculptor; Arts Board grantee; Roderick Massey: Artist; Melanie Pankau: Artist and arts administrator; Arts Board grantee; Jane Powers: Mixed media sculptor and public art artist; Reed White: Painter and instructor; Arts Board grantee
ACHF Arts Access
The audience will question how nature can support the shared experience of death through the seasons of a prairie. The outcome will be evaluated by qualitative reflection of the gallery goer through oral interviews. The findings will be reflected in an essay posted on Hirsch's website. 2: Hirsch will develop skills in stool building, natural dyes, and video. The final installation will be evaluated by the artist and a peer critique group the artist is a part of with six other women.
The audience will question how nature can support the shared experience of death through the seasons of a prairie. The outcome was successful as gallery goers shared their experience of loss while watching the video installation on opening night, at the spoon carving event, and at the artist talk. The discussion of loss and death was present at all three events.