Creative Support for Individuals-Round 1

Madison Diemert: Madison Diemert, Clear Lake, MN, Diemert served as the Fiction Editor at the Sock Drawer, an online literary journal which published works from writers and artists with any level of experience. She has been published in Murphy Square, Augsburg University's student-led literary journal. Diemert has a BA in English and a minor in Anthropology from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Diemert will be awarded an MFA in Creative Writing from Augsburg University in the summer of 2022. ; Nikol Dowls: Ni'Kol is a queer African American multidisciplinary artrepreneur born in Minneapolis. She combines her love of spoken word poetry, photography, body movement, writing, and painting. She uses her artistry as a means of self-expression, to identify with hidden qualities of her character, to teach, cultivate community conversations, and to express her interpretation of the world around her. Her goal is to open an unexplored world, a place of curious self-expression, but also a world of new relationships, chances for new beginnings, and most importantly new stories. She hopes to change her community, to elevate her activism worldwide, and to mentor and teach others through creative expression, integrity, life coaching, and radical sensuality.; Xan Mattek: Xan Mattek graduated from Wichita State University in Kansas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance. The theatre and music scene of the Twin Cities is what brought her to the Great White North! Hard work and amazing teachers led her to obtaining a full ride scholarship at WSU. Because of her training there, she has performed and taught professionally around the United States. Her favorite creative projects include interning at the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts where she assisted students in writing, choreographing, directing and producing a full scale musical in just under three weeks and "Final Fest Music and Arts Festival? a community arts festival started by herself and 2 peers seeing a need for all ages spaces in Wichita, Kansas. Performance credits include; Escape to Margaritaville (Old Log Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater), Energy Time Trek (National Theatre for Children), You're A Good Man Charlie Brown and Newsies (Crane River Theatre). Along with her work in theatre Xan is passionate about community arts engagement. Projects include "Final Fest Music and Arts Festival? and "R Sound Presents: Poetry and Music Open Mic?. ; Benjamin Revermann: Ben Revermann has written many short stories. He also writes on occasion for The Blue State Conservative. He has published 5 novels and is currently working on a sixth. He has 3 kids and 3 dogs and would love to have more, more of everything.