Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Thomas will present a public exhibition and interactive creative workspace that examines how knowledge and wisdom inform personal guidance in an era of post truth; both will be presented at Vandalia Tower in 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.
Krista Anderson-Larson: Director, CIRCA Gallery; gallery and collections coordinator, Macalester College; sculptor; Martha Bird: Visual artist and public health nurse; AK Garski: Visual artist and activist; art and art history adjunct instructor, St. Catherine University; Kristi Kuder: Sculptor, textile processes in metal and mixed media; Arts Board grantee; Andrew Messerschmidt: Painter; Kimber Olson: Visual artist, curator, and educator.
ACHF Arts Access
Participants may consider how their own guiding principles and personal concepts of truth are informed through acquired knowledge and applied wisdom. Dialogues with participants will take place during the public exhibition. A public creative workspace for participants to make their own 'autobiographic graphics' will be provided. Participants' feedback and artworks will be documented.
Participants shared how journaling and artist's books provide accessible outlets for creativity and expressions of gratitude. Following a virtual presentation of work by the artist, participants shared their own projects. Each then engaged in an exchange of handmade postcards that embodied creative expressions of gratitude. The postcards were documented.