Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Swanson will research and create a series of ten paintings featuring federally listed endangered species in Minnesota and exhibit the paintings at the Great Lakes Aquarium (Duluth) and the Science Museum of Minnesota (Saint Paul).
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.
Teresa Audet: Artist and furniture maker; Loretta Day: Art director, ROHO Collective; freelance artist and curator; Emily Donovan Carney: Multimedia artist; Lois Peterson: Visual artist; retired art professor at Gustavus Adolphus College; Nathaniel Wunrow: Proposal writer, bibliotheca; Leah Yellowbird: Artist; Arts Board grantee; Cameron Zebrun: Sculptor and photographer
ACHF Arts Access
I will research and create a series of 8-10 paintings featuring Federally Listed endangered species in Minnesota. I will have developed and experimented with new techniques in acrylic paint. I will have worked with researchers to create 8-10 large paintings about endangered animals in Minnesota. 2: I will have and presented my paintings for public view at the Great Lakes Aquarium and explored an exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota. I will have interacted with and educated community members by sharing facts alongside researchers about local flora and fauna and their role in keeping Minnesota healthy.
I researched and created eighteen paintings featuring Federally and State Listed Endangered Species in Minnesota. I created these paintings using researchers' insight, experimented with new techniques in acrylic paint and created eighteen fresh new works. 2: I presented my work at the Great Lakes Aquarium and am still in conversation with the Science Museum and others. I have interacted and educated community members by sharing facts alongside researchers about local flora and fauna and their role in keeping Minnesota Healthy. I also added an online audio component for the visually impaired.
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