Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Claudia Dreyer: Dreyer is a high school ceramics teacher with Rochester Public Schools. This upcoming school year will make her 26th year of teaching. Beside Rochester, she also taught in Stewartville, MN as well as two different school districts in Texas. Over the 26 years, she has taught all levels from preschool to twelfth grade, she has headed up art show committees, sought out judges for juried shows, and has helped multiple students with portfolios. Dreyer has coached many academic teams, as well as, cheerleading, dance, and sports. She has volunteered her time with Mothers of Preschoolers, creating art/craft shows, and coaching little league. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington majoring in studio art, and received her master?s plus 30 in education.; Catherine Friend: Friend is the author of fifteen published books, including children's books, memoir, nonfiction, and genre novels. She has been awarded a Loft/McKnight Artist Fellowship in children's literature, and in 2009 she won the Minnesota Book Award in the general nonfiction category for The Compassionate Carnivore. She has edited, taught writing, conducted writing camps for children, and served on Arts Board panels in the past. She has bachelors? degrees in economics and Spanish, and a master's degree in applied economics.; Keren Gudeman: Gudeman is the founder and director of Improv Parenting, a small arts nonprofit focused on bringing improv and creativity to families. She is a business manager for Danger Boat Productions/Theater of Public Policy, a theater company providing entertainment and facilitation through improv. She holds an MA in psychology from University of Chicago and a BA in anthropology from Harvard University.; Elizabeth Henrich: Henrich is an AmeriCorps VISTA member serving at Urban Boatbuilders, where she manages graphic design projects and facilitates digital community space. Henrich previously interned at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art in curation and the Puget Sound Navy Museum in collections. She graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in communications design and University of Washington with a certificate in museum studies. Henrich was born in Minnesota and has lived in California, Washington, and New York.; Benjamin Moren: Moren is a media artist whose process captures and reframes the environment through filmmaking, performance, sculpture, sound, and custom software systems to reveal and question anthropocentric viewpoints. He?s created site specific projects for Northern Spark Festival in Minneapolis, Kulturpark in Berlin, and the Weisman Art Museum; and exhibited at Soap Factory, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, IndieCade Los Angeles, and the Beijing Film Academy. He is an associate professor at Minneapolis College of Art and Design in the media arts department. He is a three time recipient of the Arts Board?s Artist Initiative grant and is a 2021/22 McKnight Visual Artist Fellow.