Artist in Residence Grant
Artist in Residence Grant
Artist In Residence for Tech High School with Desi Murphy FY25
Gretchen Boulka: Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Buddy King: Vice Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Louis Witt, Treasurer: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger, Secretary: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology; Deb Vander Eyk: visual artist, B.S. Arts Education, B.A. in Sociology/Research and an AA Degree in Advertising with a background in K-12 Art Education, community involvement research, nonprofit fundraising and programing; Eric Ellwoods: facilities manager, BA in Christian Ministry, history of involvement in choirs and community theater, member of Buffalo Community Theater board of directors.; Hans Lammeman: Assistant News Editor for Star Publications; columnist, lead reporter, and award-winning journalist for Benton County News; contributing writer for Sauk Rapids Herald and Benton Ag with a focus on human interest stories and community government coverage. BS in Sociology, University of Houston; Pat Thompson: Moorhead State University, BA in theater, Second City, Chicago, UND School of Law, Grand Forks, involved in numerous theater, workshops and performances, previous volunteer for GREAT Theatre Board of Directors, LaSemana Volunteer, St. Cloud District 742 Advisory Board, Career Solution Board of Directors; Abigail Nelson-Davis: visual artist, BA in Education, trauma informed children's advocate, involved in DEI committee, past educator in Taiwan.
Gretchen Boulka: Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Louis Witt, Treasurer: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger, Secretary: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology; Deb Vander Eyk: visual artist, B.S. Arts Education, B.A. in Sociology/Research and an AA Degree in Advertising with a background in K-12 Art Education, community involvement research, nonprofit fundraising and programing; Eric Ellwoods: facilities manager, BA in Christian Ministry, history of involvement in choirs and community theater, member of Buffalo Community Theater board of directors.; Hans Lammeman: Assistant News Editor for Star Publications; columnist, lead reporter, and award-winning journalist for Benton County News; contributing writer for Sauk Rapids Herald and Benton Ag with a focus on human interest stories and community government coverage. BS in Sociology, University of Houston; Pat Thompson: Moorhead State University, BA in theater, Second City, Chicago, UND School of Law, Grand Forks, involved in numerous theater, workshops and performances, previous volunteer for GREAT Theatre Board of Directors, LaSemana Volunteer, St. Cloud District 742 Advisory Board, Career Solution Board of Directors; Abigail Nelson-Davis: visual artist, BA in Education, trauma informed children's advocate, involved in DEI committee, past educator in Taiwan.
Central Minnesota Arts Board, Leslie LeCuyer (320) 968-4290x 3
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
Tech High School students will gain handbuilding skills, knowledge about clay types and the ceramic sculpture installation process and develop a greater appreciation of clay in the world of modern art via survey analysis. A survey will be given to participating students at Tech High School after the residency is complete measuring gained handbuilding skills, knowledge about clay types, knowledge about the ceramic sculpture installation process and their value of ceramics as Modern Minimalist art.