Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,750
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Jaya Stenquist
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2020
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Stenquist will complete a poetry manuscript on the changing human animal relationship, biodiversity, and climate grief. She will hold a workshop on experimental environmental writing.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Elizabeth Johnson: Poet, essayist, faculty member, College of St. Benedict/Saint John's University; Michael Kleber Diggs: Poet and essayist; Arts Board grantee; Susan Love: Poet; teacher; Preeti Rajpal: Poet and nonfiction writer; Richard Robbins: Professor of English and director of the creative writing program, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Linnea Schluessler: Former director, Academic Success Center, Northland Community and Technical College; Chaun Webster: Poet and teaching artist

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,750
Other Funds Leveraged
$250
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist will lead a writing workshop for Minnesota artists on experimental environmental writing at Silverwood Park. This outcome will be evaluated by number of participants and a follow-up survey given to workshop participants. 2: Artist will complete a book-length poetry manuscript on species loss. The manuscript will be submitted for book prizes, poems will be reviewed by professional poets and scholars at the Center for Extinction Studies.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist led a movement and writing workshop for community members on experimental environmental imagination at Lake Hiawatha. Participants developed and utilized a new method of viewing and engaging with the natural world and contemporary poetry. 2: Artist completed a book-length poetry manuscript on species loss. The collection, Animal Afterlife, won the 2021 Airlie Prize and will be published by Airlie Press demonstrating development in artistic practice.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Jaya
Last Name
Stenquist
Organization Name
Jaya Stenquist
State
MN
Phone
(651) 230-8170
Email
jaya.stenquist@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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