Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Thinking about how all ghost stories are love stories, Pereira will facilitate writing workshops open to the public that incorporate guided meditation and writing prompts geared towards addressing what we cherish.
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.
Judith Budreau: Writer and teacher, Arts Board grantee; Karlyn Coleman: Writer; teaching artist at the Loft; Arts Board grantee; William Durbin: Poet, essayist, writer of novels for young readers; Anika Fajardo: Writer and teacher, book reviewer; Angela Foster: Poet, memoirist; Harmony Neal: Writer; Arts Board grantee; Debra Stone: Writer and educator; board member of Graywolf Press; Sarah Warren: Children's book author and educator
ACHF Arts Access
Roseanne Pereira will develop her artistic practice through continuing work on her collection of short stories. I'll feel I'm successful if I have completed two new stories and have regularly been submitting revised stories for publication. I can evaluate this by looking at the number and frequency of submission attempts. 2: Roseanne Pereira will engage with communities through facilitating public generative writing workshops. I will evaluate the success of the workshops based on written evaluations completed by participants. I will also look at how well attended workshops are.
Roseanne Pereira developed her artistic practice through continued work on her short story collection. Roseanne Pereira completed four new stories and further revised six others. She created and began implementing a system to track upcoming publishing opportunities and story submissions. 2: Roseanne Pereira facilitated two public generative writing workshops. Roseanne Pereira collected evaluations from participants, and took a head count at each workshop. She read through the written feedback, noting how people described their experiences and changes that occurred for them.