Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Creating Traditional Native American Art utilizing organic and non organic mixed media materials.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community.
Terresa Moses: assistant professor of graphic design in the UMD Department of Art and Design; Jaylen Strong: Executive Director of the Boise Fort Cultural Center; Tim Davis: community advocate, artist; Carla Hamilton-Eisele: mixed-media artist.
ACHF Cultural Heritage
I am the main artist in this project and although I have worked with all sorts of demographics and different communities, I have worked in the Native American community for over twenty years. I worked in the medical field at the UMD School of medicine in Native American Minority programs, at Thunderbird-Wren Halfway house, and now currently working at the American Indian Community Housing Organization. I have worked with this community for so long and I have seen the signigicant increase in positivity and culture when Native Americans learn about their culture and heritage through Native American art. The evaluations will be compiled and averaged and I will be able to see if it is a success. I will also have an area for any suggestions and future ideas. I believe that they will not have an issue with filling out a form to help see what is good about the workshops and what could be improved and such.
Other,local or private