Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To create a new work, "Traces of Blue," photographing the Buffalo Red River Watershed District using portable strobe lighting, present two photograph workshops, and donate the mounted images to institutions in the region.
Carolyn Flieder: Fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Susan Kay: Retired Professor, Retreat Coordinator for New York Mills Arts Retreat; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Greg DeGier: Trumpet player for Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles and pit bands; Ann Hermes: Executive Director of Alexandria Area Arts Association; Andrew Sletten: Drummer, actor, organizer of community arts and performance space; James Arvidson: Community service volunteer; Jamie Beyer: Public Administrator, marketing and graphic designer; Barbara Lent: Former photography studio owner, textile artist, owner of quilting retreat center; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jeannie Pladsen: Retired Payroll Manger at the University of Minnesota-Morris, community leader; Michael Weatherly: Visual Artist, Printmaker; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Delayne Karls: Retired teacher, arts advocate; W Scott Olsen: Professor of English at Concordia College.
Carolyn Flieder: Fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Susan Kay: Retired Professor, Retreat Coordinator for New York Mills Arts Retreat; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Greg DeGier: Trumpet player for Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles and pit bands; Ann Hermes: Executive Director of Alexandria Area Arts Association; Andrew Sletten: Drummer, actor, organizer of community arts and performance space; James Arvidson: Community service volunteer; Jamie Beyer: Public Administrator, marketing and graphic designer; Barbara Lent: Former photography studio owner, textile artist, owner of quilting retreat center; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jeannie Pladsen: Retired Payroll Manger at the University of Minnesota-Morris, community leader; Michael Weatherly: Visual Artist, Printmaker; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Delayne Karls: Retired teacher, arts advocate; W Scott Olsen: Professor of English at Concordia College.
Lake Region Arts Council, Maxine Adams (218) 739-5780
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
To create an interpretive images series of ten sites within the Buffalo and Red River watershed districts using portable strobe lighting. To develop my skills as an artist and landscape photographer through the use of portable lighting equipment. To donate fifteen framed 16 x 20 inch photographs to town offices, libraries, care centers, and other public offices in the four-county area. To present two demonstrations on the use of the lighting equipment and techniques learned through my project at two libraries. To present one demonstration on the use of lighting equipment and my project at the Eventide Care facility. Share images from my project in an online gallery, promoted with the help of postcards (with web link and QR code) and local watershed organization. I will measure my Individual Arts and Cultural Heritage goals in the following ways: 1. Maintain a pre- and post-portfolio of my photographic work (analog images of the river systems compared to images made using portable lighting equipment). 2. A pre- and post-workshop survey given to attendees will measure the effectiveness of my lighting activity to provide new knowledge to participants. 3. A comment section will be made available on the online gallery page that displays images from this project.
In between each watershed shoot I edited my files and tried to assess how I could improve at the next site (and how I was improving from the pre-project portfolio). Prior to this project I had never used portable lighting for my work and getting comfortab