Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Jerde, an emerging writer, will work with mentors to complete a memoir. She will give two readings in the Twin Cities-=one public reading and one with medical students at the University of Minnesota.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.
Sumayyah Beck: Writer; development coordinator at Cedar Cultural Center; Rachel Castro: Writer; teaching artist at the Loft; Catherine Friend: Author, MN Book Award winner; Susan Nettell: Writer; Arts Board grantee; Elizabeth Torres: Writer; professor of English, Bethany Lutheran College; Kao Yang: Hmong-American writer and educator
ACHF Arts Access
To further develop as a writer, primarily by working with established writers/mentors, in order to complete a full manuscript. The outcome will be successful if I have a finished draft of the manuscript by the end of the grant period. 2: Conduct two readings/discussions: a reading open to the general public and a second one with students at the University of Minnesota medical students. The outcome will be successful if both readings are be completed. Following the readings there will be discussions pertinent to the respect audiences.
Welcome Jerde wrote a full manuscript of her memoir with input from established writers. A 215 page manuscript was completed in November of 2021 and submitted to one of the artists for review. 2: Two readings were conducted in December 2021. A hybrid reading at the University of Minnesota Medical School, through The Center for Art of Medicine, occurred on 12/2/2021. A hybrid reading for the general public took place on 12/13/2021. Both readings were recorded.