Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Reini-Grandell will complete a book length memoir draft reflecting on her 35-year transgender marriage, give public readings, and participate in panel discussions about negotiating a loving, changing relationship.
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
I will develop skills in book-length memoir, a new medium for me, to communicate with audiences about my journey being married to a transgender spouse. I will create a draft of a book-length memoir and participate in three public readings or panels where I read from it and answer questions about my experiences. 2: I will develop skills in creating a longer prose work with a sustained, dramatic arc and improve my memoir craft. I will work with memoirist Patricia Francisco for developmental editing and advice about approaches to this memoir. I will spend most of my time writing and revising extensively.
Lynette Reini-Grandell developed skills in telling her story and communicating with audiences. Lynette Reini-Grandell completed a 350+ manuscript of her book-length memoir and participated in readings and discussions of it around Minnesota. 2: Lynette Reini-Grandell developed a method of tying together scenes spanning decades into a coherent story. Lynette Reini-Grandell met nine times with mentor Patricia Weaver Francisco, learning various techniques for writing memoir, generating new material, and revising.