Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Collected from potluck style events, Legatt will combine photography of community dishes with conversation excerpts and critical essays to create an art cookbook highlighting the complexity of contemporary Minnesota culture.
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.
Melissa Borman: Photographer; faculty at Century College; Donald Clark: Professor of photography, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Tia Gardner: Visual artist, educator, and Black feminist scholar; Gregory Harp: Photographer; Jon Solinger: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Gary Wahl: Photographer, sculptor, and restaurant developer
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Arts Access
To create new photographic works and publish an art/cook book from community events throughout Minnesota. The creation of images from community events for the publication of an art/cook book to be shared with participating organizations and individual, as well as for sale in art and commercial venues throughout Minnesota. 2: To provide opportunities for examination of the changing cultural dynamics of contemporary Minnesota through conversation and the sharing of food. Using a potluck format, approximately fifteen community events (seven previously hosted) will explore the changing cultural dynamics of contemporary Minnesota and provide artifact for an art/cook book for further dissemination.
Create and publish an art/cook book from community events throughout Minnesota. 100 copies of a 100 page book was created featuring images and excerpts from conversations taken from Dish events throughout Minnesota. 2: To provide opportunities for examination of the chainging cultural dynamics of contemporary Minnesota through conversation and the sharing of food. Using a potluck format, or digital conversation platform, eleven community events (seven previously hosted) will explore the changing cultural dynamics of contemporary Minnesota and provide artifact for an art/cook book for further dissemination.
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