Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Toot will study traditional woodworking methods with Tom Dengler. Toot will learn skills necessary for carving bowls and kuksas from fresh cut wood, using hand tools, and will present a final selection of work at the First Stage Gallery in Virginia, Minnesota.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Rae French: International programs and study abroad coordinator, University of Minnesota Crookston; Karen Goulet: Artist, coordinator of the Gizhiigin Arts Accelerator program of the White Earth Nation; Sarah Larsson: Outreach and development director at the Somali Museum of Minnesota; Sowah Mensah: Ethnomusicologist, composer, and master drummer; music professor at Macalester and St. Thomas; Jeffrey Meyer: Music professor at Concordia College, Moorhead; leader of study abroad trips; Angela Robins: Woodworker and boat builder; Arts Board grantee; Mai Vang: Founder of Hmong Museum; collections manager at Minnesota Museum of American Art
ACHF Cultural Heritage
The apprentice artist will develop the skills using an axe, adze, and other edge tools to carve bowls from available green wood. The work that the apprentice artist Ryan Toot makes will be critiqued by the master artist Tom Dengler. The work will be shown side by side in a show in the First Stage gallery in Virginia, Minnesota. 2: The apprentice artist will learn the history of the carved wooden bowl from the master artist, from visiting a museum, and from books. The history of the objects is reflected in the form. Ryan will express the history in the form of the bowls that he makes. The bowls will be compared to historical bowls.
Ryan developed his skill using edge tools including axes, adzes, gouges, drawknives, and scrapers to carve wooden bowls in green wood. Ryan and Tom worked together for 63 hours, during which frequent tips, feedback, demonstration, and formal and informal critique were given on carving and finishing. Ryan and Tom's work was shown together at First Stage Gallery. 2: The apprentice will learned history about carved wooden bowl functions and form from the master, from visiting a museum, and from books. The knowledge of form and function of wooden bowls was evaluated during critiques with Tom and master carver Fred Livesay, drawing attention to similarities and dissimilarities of Ryan's work with traditional work.
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