Quick Start Grants - Individuals
Quick Start Grants - Individuals
Support to attend workshops at the North House Folk School
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage
My art is based on my direct interaction with the materials I use. I harvest and process all of the pieces and parts straight from the natural landscape around me, working largely with tools - steel, wood, bone, and antler - that I have made. For me the process is an inseparable part of the art. It has been my hope for many years to continue to further that exploration, to create my works from the very beginnings, and to reflect that process in the finished art. My goal in taking these classes is to gain the knowledge to continue to develop this process by starting from the very beginning - to dig the iron ore, smelt it into steel, and then turn that steel into the art I make and the tools I use. The outcomes of these workshops is measured by me having understood the history and methodology of the iron smelting process, then turning raw iron into steel, and then turning that steel into art as well as tools I use to continue with my art. The workshops aim to teach the history, theory, and practice of iron smelting and steel production. For me, the methods to measure outcomes will be my understanding of the history of the practice, my ability to undertake it on my own after the workshops, and by having created something usable at the end of the week. Judging by the competence, experience, and accolades of the instructors teaching the workshops, I have high confidence that I will be able to achieve my goals.
Completed a four day workshop with instructor Wayne Potratz, "Viking Era Smelting," and a three day workshop with instructor Robert Burns, "From Bloom to Bar." Through hands on work, experiments, presentations, and discussion, gained sufficient knowledge to replicate the processes learned on my own.
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