Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Paradis's project will supply her with complete ceramic glaze material knowledge which will be represented in her new body work exhibited in the fall of 2020.
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
The artist will become more knowledgeable with ceramic glaze materials. Paradis' knowledge on ceramic glaze materials will be evaluated through fulfilling the course objectives of the Ceramics Materials Workshop course. Her exhibition will show a new range of ceramic material understanding and glazed surfaces. 2: The artist will complete a new body of work which will be installed in a public exhibition. Paradis will install the new body of work that is created during the grant period in a Minneapolis gallery. She will hold an opening reception to visually engage with the audience, as well as an artist talk to converse with the community.
Paradis gained significant knowledge with ceramic glaze materials. Paradis' ceramic glaze material knowledge was applied to the work that was exhibited in her show Towards Veracity, showing her new range of ceramic material understanding. 2: The artist completed a new body of work which was installed in a public exbhiition. Paradis exhibited a new body of work that was created during the grant period at Artistry in Bloomington, Minnesota. There was an opening reception and an artist talk that engaged with many community members.