Arts Experiences

Stephanie Hunder: Stephanie Hunder is a printmaker and mixed media artist originally from Rochester, MN. She has taught visual arts in the Twin Cities for over 20 years, currently at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She received her BFA and MA from the University of Wisconsin?Madison, and her MFA from Arizona State University. Recent activities include solo exhibitions at the at the Priebe Gallery at UW-Oshkosh, Bloomington Art Center, and Gordon Parks Gallery of Metro State University. Recent group exhibitions include Printmaking: A Social Practice at UW Madison, and Optical Impermanence at the IMPACT conference in Bristol, UK.; Melinda Ludwiczak: Ludwiczak, is a retired librarian, who has coordinated legacy fund programming for 100 MELSA libraries from 2009-2015, creating partnerships with teaching artists, performers, authors, and arts and cultural organizations. She served on the Minneapolis Arts Commission for nine years, serving on several public art selection panels. She volunteered for grant review panels for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. An arts enthusiast, Ludwiczak frequents live performances, visual arts exhibitions, art festivals, and film screenings.; Cynthia McEwen Haynes: Cyd Haynes has 3 decades of experience in theatre as a director and playwright. She helped establish the only bi-lingual theatre in the Midwest that features both deaf and hearing actors, sign language and English onstage. She is grantwriter and non-profit arts leader who proudly calls MN...home. ; Margie Melaniphy: Melaniphy is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Proven Behavioral Health, a private practice specializing in helping people with anxiety disorders live fuller lives. She began her career as a magazine writer and editor and has also worked as a director of a nonprofit, helping creative people learn to become successful business owners in the beauty industry.