Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1
Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1
Asian Economic Development Association will partner with southeast Asian artists to offer exhibitions, performances, and shows in the XIA Gallery Artist Space and outdoor pop-up events in the Little Mekong District to celebrate, explore, and preserve southeast Asian cultures and identities.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Paige Brevick: A museum professional and non-profit administrator. She has worked at major fine-arts museums, including the Art Museum of the University of Memphis. Her career in the museum industry has focused on community engagement, and has included the use of documentary film, mixed media, and performance in the reception of both contemporary and ancient art. She also serves as a grant consultant, helping arts-based organizations secure nonprofit status, identify funding sources, manage capital campaigns, and successfully execute grant-funded programming. Paige is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, and a Museum Educator at Mummies and Masterpieces.; Vernita Clinton: The founder of Recycling Art Concepts where she helps to turn paper waste into beautiful art pieces. She has made viking boats her primary art collection. She graduated from Western Illinois University with a BA in arts. She plans to turn nothing into something one day.; Elizabeth Hammel: A freelance video artist who has worked on documentary, narrative films, and dance films. Her primary interest is in following the creative process of the artist, and amplifying not just the completed work, but all the work and passion that goes into creating it. She has been lucky enough to have her documentary and dance film work has been screened at numerous film festivals, including the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. She is a company member for nimbus theater, an educator at the Bakken Museum, and the mother of a three year old.; Gregory Wilkins: Works at Minnesota State University Mankato as the associate director of the Centennial Student Union and student activities and is a working artist. He served on the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council for six years, and currently serves an elected two-year term as a curatorial panelist for Minneapolis Institute of Art?s Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program. In 2020, he served as a Poetry Out Loud judge with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. He formerly served as the director?s assistant, external affairs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC).
ACHF Cultural Heritage
SE Asian artists will have year-round opportunities to showcase work and engage audiences who will experience and learn about SE Asian cultures. AEDA will track the number and diversity of artists and arts programs offered at the XIA Gallery artist space (XIA). We will track audience through sign-ins, surveys, social media, and reviews to determine progress in meeting outcomes.
Over 100 SE Asian artists created, showcased and sold artwork, providing SE Asian art experiences to diverse audiences and fostering cultural learning. AEDA tracked the number of artists and audiences for each event and exhibition, fees paid to artists, and artwork sales. We engaged artists and audiences in surveys to gather feedback and tracked social media comments and news articles about XIA's exhibit