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ACHF Arts Access
Increased opportunities for practicing Minnesota artists, both emerging and established, to engage with American Swedish Institute exhibits and foster connections between the artists and museum visitors. Through the presentation of four exhibitions, American Swedish Institute will develop four residency opportunities for Minnesota artists to present their work alongside American Swedish Institute's major exhibitions, and will include public lecture and presentation opportunities. 2: Strengthen American Swedish Institute's network of Minnesota based artists that engage with our studio arts program. Artists will specialize in the core artistic mediums that are best represented by our collections: woodworking, glass, and textiles. Minnesota based artist instructors will grow from fifteen to twenty-five, each teaching a minimum of two workshops per year.
ASI supported artist in residencies for six Minnesota artists to create new and original work inspired by four international travelling exhibitions. Visitor intercept interviews and timing/tracking studies show that visitors are more likely to engage in the content of an international exhibition project when regional artists facilitate learning and discussion through their residency projects. 2: Craft-based artists in Minnesota see ASI's collections as a learning and teaching resource. Course content is being influenced by the five mediums of craft best represented in ASI's collections (glass, fibers, wood, metal and ceramics) and the number of instructors engaged at ASI through these mediums has increased from fifteen to 25.
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