Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Dakota Wicohan will create Dakota Arts Alive!, a year-long apprenticeship project that engages two master artists, six apprentices, and 100 community members to transmit three interconnected, yet endangered, traditional Dakota art forms—braintanning, beading, and quilling.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Drue Fergison: Musicologist with a strong interdisciplinary and ethnomusicological background; Alan Kagan: Professor emeritus, ethnomusicology, School of Music, Univeristy of Minnesota; Mark Lambert: Faculty member, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, with ceramics emphasis; Margaret Larson: Voice teacher, choral director, professional singer; professor of voice, McNally Smith College of Music; Niels Strandskov: Arts administrator, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre and School; Gwen Westerman Wasicuna: Poet and fiber artist
ACHF Cultural Heritage
One hundred Minnesotans will participate in introductory beading and quilling activities to gain an appreciation for these traditional Dakota art forms. Dakota Wicohan will record attendance and participation levels at the public exhibit and in the community beading and quilling activities taught by the apprentice artists during the grant period. 2: One hundred Minnesotans will participate in introductory beading and quilling activities to gain an appreciation for these traditional Dakota art forms. Dakota Wicohan will record attendance and participation levels at the public exhibit and in the community beading and quilling activities taught by the apprentice artists during the grant period.
600+ Minnesotans were connected to traditional Dakota brain tanning, beading and quilling. 2: Counts of e-newsletter subscriptions and of exhibit attendants.
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