Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Nelson will create and exhibit a series of oil paintings inspired by Minnesota's natural areas. The artist's blend of abstraction and landscape will reveal an intimate experience with the state's rural destinations.
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.
Mica Lee Anders: Visual artist and educator; women's writing program coordinator, COMPAS; Kenneth Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum; Ann Klefstad: Artist and writer; Arts Board grantee; Alexander Lindsay: Mixed media artist; Kathryn Nobbe Bergmann: Visual artist; Arts Board grantee; Christopher Rackley: Visual artist; Arts Board grantee and Art(ists) on the Verge fellow; Laura Youngbird: Art instructor and cultural counselor.
ACHF Arts Access
Nelson will explore and develop a new body of paintings for her solo exhibition to engage fellow Minnesotans in their own imaginative processes. Attendance of the exhibition, audience engagement as indicated by opening reception conversations, guest book entries, and any press and/or sales. 2: Nelson will acquire source material from nature to broaden her artistic knowledge of landscape and botanical imagery. Resolution of an original body of work during the grant period and by assessing the technical and conceptual value of the series through the public and other artists' reception.
Nelson's painting exhibition Middle Ground paired landscape with abstraction to create space for audience to engage in their own creative processes. Audiences engaged in thoughtful discussions and contemplation of the work during the opening reception. Nelson hosted private viewings, and gallery committee members, artists, academics, and the public viewed the work during the show's run. 2: Nelson's travels to Minnesota's Scientific and Natural Areas enhanced her work by gaining resource material from experiences with nature. Nelson gained new artistic skill through the process and creation of a new body of work, culminating in a painting exhibition. The artist received critical feedback from arts professionals on her technical and conceptual development.