Creative Individuals
Creative Individuals
Maze will create an art exhibit intended to be experienced through physical touch by blind and low vision individuals. Audio and braille didactics and other accommodations will be made to create art space for individials who can't otherwise experience visual art.
Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner, healthcare consultant; Ken Martin: political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization
Carly Caputa: A semirecent Minneapolis transplant from Wisconsin, Caputa joined Jungle Theater as marketing manager in September 2019. She has a background in theater administration as well as 2D art mediums.; Elizabeth Hammel: Hammel is a freelance video artist who has worked on documentaries, narrative films, and dance films. Her primary interest is in following the artist's creative process and amplifying both the completed work and all that goes into creating it. Her documentary and dance film work has been screened at numerous film festivals, including the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival. She is a company member of Nimbus Theater, an educator at the Bakken Museum, and a mother.; Mindy Johnson: Johnson is currently enrolled in the studio art program at St. Catherine University. Primarily a self-taught digital collage artist, she recently showed work in the White Bear Center for the Arts' 50th Annual Northern Lights exhibit. Johnson is a volunteer graphic designer and social media manager for Ramsey County Master Gardeners.; Scott Roberts: Roberts is the sole designer of SER Bobble Head Master Designs and a former professional artist and owner of Hoss Studios. They graduated from Concordia University with a BA in internet marketing and have served as a volunteer board member for the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, received an apprenticeship in animation at Walt Disney World MGM Studios, and were executive director for art centers in Owatonna and Waseca.; Lila Westreich: Westreich is a glass artist focusing on three-dimensional sculpture, freestanding neon sculpture, and flameworked glass. Growing up in the studio of her father, a self-taught fused glass artist in southeastern Minnesota, she went on to pursue a degree in plant breeding and genetics from the University of Minnesota. Westreich was awarded the John and Mary Shirley Scholarship in Glass from Pratt Fine Arts in 2022. She has studied at Western Neon, Pratt Fine Arts, and Pilchuck Glass School. She has exhibited her work in local galleries and was juried into the Pilchuck Annual Auction in 2023.
ACHF Arts Access
The visually impaired will have access to an art exhibit they can experience through touch. Other attendees will reconsider inclusivity in the arts. Outcomes will be evaluated based on an artist talk held after the exhibit opening. This will allow the visually impaired to share their thoughts as well as offer feedback. Other attendees will be asked to share their thoughts and feelings as well.