Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Sculptor Walla will complete a new body of work that continues his exploration of the poetic interplay of text and physical form.
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
The creation of a new sculptural series that expands on my interest of the interplay of text and form. By the successful design, execution, and completion of a new body of work. 2: I plan to actively pursue the exhibition of the new body of work both in the state and nationally. I will actively pursue both regional and national exhibitions to showcase the work. I will also pursue opportunities to lecture about the work.
With this grant I was able to produce nine pieces of sculpture. All the pieces are text based and involved a significant amount labor to produce. This included the completion of a large-scale wall piece that is almost twelve feet tall. 2: I did exhibit at the Rolland Dille Center for the Arts and was Invited to exhibit for a show titled ?To the Letter? a text based show at the Peninsula. A complicating factor- pandemic. I was close to achieving representation at an international gallery- The Flat- Massimo Carasi in Milan Italy. Talks broke down due to shipping costs. I continue to submit applications regionally and nationally.