To adapt the music-theater piece--Joan of Arc--into a song cycle for soprano and piano in preparation for a solo recital to be presented in the fall of 2010.
To prepare perform and record his original native flute and Celtic folk harp compositions into a CD to promote and generate interest in the music as well as live performances.
To expand his creative process and develop a new type of performance involving students, audiences, professional dancers, and musicians all coming together in a community event.
To visually represent what it is like when everyday activities lead to internal moments of clarity and how these moments of clarity transform our perception.
This project will incorporate local Minnesota materials, and will educate Minnesota citizens about the rich visual and oral traditions of Native people.
Artist will gain enhanced technical skills and knowledge of production through workshops to produce 4-8 ready-to-sell wearable art pieces to be showcased in the Spring 2012 Art Crawl.
Debut twelve paintings depicting Hmong folktale heroines at the Runway Art Show. Host “Ask a Hmong Artist," an open community discussion about the pursuit of artistic careers.
To compose music for a CD, hire and rehearse musicians, record, and premiere the music. To promote herself through the creation of a Website, and with multiple performances.
To revise her poetry manuscript, work with a mentor or editor, identify twenty small presses and/or first book contests, and to submit the manuscript for publication.
To complete the research and writing of a series of poems about the Irish monks and saints and the alphabet for the manuscript--To The Man Who Steals My Electricity.
