Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Simpkins will create new installation work of mixed media drawings exploring resonance between ecosystems and human communities.
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
To develop 3-dimensional components of my mixed-media drawing installations and to show this work in at least one Minnesota venue. By the number of attendees to the exhibition and artist talk(s). 2: I will develop new modes of documenting the work/audience engagement with the work. I will present these images on my website and in digital publications.
I developed 3-dimensional components of my mixed-media drawing installations and showed this work at a Minnesota venue. Attendees visited the exhibition during the opening and throughout the duration of the show. 2: I developed the documentation of my work and included audience engagement in my documentation. I presented these images on my website and social media. I have used them in applications to artist opportunities such as residencies, fellowships, and exhibition open calls.