Quick Support for Artists
Quick Support for Artists
Handmade Paper, Color, Collage and Paper Marbling
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician, Hinterland Art Crawl board; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Reggie Gorter, music, theater; Stephen Kingsbury, music; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, SMAC board; John Larson, visual art; Joyce Meyer, visual art; Kristine Shelstad, visual art, SMAC board; Jessica Welu, writing, music, SMAC board;
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Education
My studio will continue to grow as maker space and provide a base for those who along with me look to expand and share their artistic proficiencies as a form of art and social practice. We three artists are invested in understanding personal development properties of color and its unique mix in various mediums. The objective of this will be to move into a new creative space, fundamental to growth by engaging with other artists. And these visitations will also result in better understanding the art and practice of sharing ideas and experimentation. This will transfer in my art work and quite possibly lend something new to the aesthetics of the region. Exposure of this work will involve exhibition in the 2022 Ortonville June Art Crawl and the upcoming Meander. During the project, my mentors will reference a critique guideline and communicate in person and online to provide feedback on the development of my art work. John White, local artist, current Big Stone Arts Council Board Officer, retired newspaper owner/editor as an outside reviewer will follow the project and provide a summary of its benefits. To document my experience in the project, I will maintain a journal to track progress made and provide a summarization of fulfilling my objectives of artistic and thematic development. Viewers of my exhibitions will be tallied and offered an opportunity to respond to a questionnaire about their perceptions of work exhibited.
I became (hesitantly) comfortable calling myself an artist, learned different ways to use the acrylic paint and came to believe in the therapeutic ability of the entire painting process. I learned the actual mechanics of gathering supplies and the satisfaction of making the myriad decisions to achieve a final satisfactory creation. What was most interesting to me was that many times I thought the creation was complete only to come back to amend it in some way. Since I was very much a beginner, this project aided my professional growth with the financial support for canvases, paint, frames and other materials. By sharing my work with the Compassionate Cottage assisted living residents and staff I did increase my exposure and create a wider audience.