Quick Start Grants
Quick Start Grants
Requesting support to attend the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts conference.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal for me to attend the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts conference has a few specific components. 1) Become reenergized by learning and immersing myself as a ceramic artist; people from around the world will be gathering at this conference to focus on ceramic arts and education. 2) Bring back ideas from the conference for my work providing ceramic learning opportunities to youth and adults in my community. 3) Continue to build a support network of peers regionally and beyond of others working as ceramic artists and educators. I'm especially interested in attending this year because the conference is in Minneapolis, therefore more accessible, but also with the intention of continuing to build a regional network of support and potential partners and collaborators. My three part goal will be measurable by reflecting and evaluating the impact of attending the conference on my work as an artist and educator. I will literally bring a written copy of my goal to the conference as a reminder of my focus, then take time to reflect on the outcomes after the conference. I will look for specific ways the conference will support my artistic work, hopefully inspiring fresh approaches and concepts to move my artwork forward. After the conference, I will also expand upon parts two and three of my goal to come up with a specific plan to bring ideas from the conference back to my work in my after-school program and in other classes that I lead in my community. I will also share information with others in my community that are directly involved with teaching or facilitating educational experiences involving ceramics. I may even be inspired to gather a support network of local ceramic artists, something I've thought about leading for a while. If I'm able to attend the conference and assess my 3-part goal, I will be able to measure the success of the project. The potential for the other outcomes listed above or unanticipated positive impact on my work will be a bonus.
Connecting with other ceramic artists at the NCECA conference was a project goal. I was able to connect with other ceramic artists and teaching artists at the conference; some people I already knew and connected more deeply with and some new connections. Recharging by gaining inspiration as an artist and teaching artist to fuel my own artistic work and work with youth in my community was a project goal. I was able to gain inspiration on a deeply personal artistic level as well as gaining ideas, techniques and resources that will be (and have already been) helpful in my work as a teaching artist moving forward.
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