Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Marks will develop new artwork to be exhibited at Form+Content Gallery that examines the trajectory of land use in Minnesota and our calamitous relationship with nature.
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
I plan to exhibit a new body of work that examines the context of land-use in Minnesota, and the loss of native grasslands. Audience engagement with the art, and through artist talk/discussion at gallery. 2: Exploration of large-scale printmaking processes using collograph and intaglio techniques. Working with copper as my main substrate for image-making will enrich my connection between material and conceptual resolution.
Mike Marks produced a new body of prints for his exhibition ?No Trace,? focused on the loss of native prairie in Minnesota. Marks' exhibition was free and open to the public for six weeks. A public artist talk was held detailing the project's concepts and studio processes. 2: Mike Marks created large prints using intaglio and relief processes, exploring the connection between material and representation of concept. Marks established new printmaking approaches to working with copper and wood, expanding his studio practice's craft and concepts.