Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Klefstad will do life-sized and larger wood carvings of wild animals, finished using shou sugi ban. The animals that live in the city surreptitiously will take their places openly, in a show at 315 Gallery and then in outdoor sites.
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.
Susanna Gaunt: Visual artist; Josette Ghiseline: Mixed media painter; Emily Johnson: Owner, designer and goldsmith, EC Design, LLC; Tracy Krumm: Artist; director for artistic advancement, Textile Center; Javier Lara-Ruiz: Dakota illustrator, painter, and sculptor; Jess Levanduski: Painter, sculptor, and mixed media artist; owner of Smeared Palette; Nicole Selmer: Artist and educator in papermaking, printmaking, and bookmaking; Amy Toscani: Sculptor
ACHF Arts Access
This project will pioneer a new way of creating permanent outdoor public sculptures using new green methods. These sculptures depicting regional life-sized animals will be carved of wood from trees downed by storms, and finished with the shou sugi ban technique of weatherproofing. The longevity of the sculptures will be monitored over the next decade. 2: These sculptures of regional animals will be placed in public spaces around Duluth and Minneapolis, after an exhibition at 315 Gallery in Duluth. The show will be accompanied by two artist talks on climate change and animal life in the region. Attendance and audience reaction will be recorded.
The artist was able to create these animal sculptures and site them outdoors. Much has been learned about how to improve their weathering abilities. The artist used woodcarving, charring, brushing, and oiling to create the works, and empirical observation to study the weathering capabilities of the technique. 2: The one-person show was not possible, due to the pandemic. Two group shows, however, did occur, and a half-dozen pieces were shown. It was impossible to do the usual evaluation of audience reaction because the observers of these shows were passers by on the street of website viewers.