Swede Hollow - a new opera created in collaboration with Friends of Swede Hollow and original residents of this historic area of Saint Paul, to be premiered in Swede Hollow Park on May 12, 2012.
The proposed project is a new shadow puppet play that mixes Chinese and American shadow styles to bring an entirely new form of shadow puppetry to Minnesotan audiences.
To work on a nonfiction memoir and literary reportage about the intersection of man and nature, with particular attention paid to spirituality metaphysics and children.
This project will explore emotion perception and memory with the creation of short videos that combine elements of narrative experimental media and documentary forms.
To complete new work depicting real and imagined classical references in the contemporary Minneapolis landscape, utilizing large photographs and a two-volume set of handmade books.
The project will explore and create mono prints with a focus on the Tomalist movement for inspiration and direction. Techniques learned here will inform new paintings toward the goal of future exhibitions.
To write direc, and edit a feature length narrative. Funds will be used to shoot on a high-definition camera so that this film could be shown in theaters and at festivals.
To finish and present a new manuscript of Lao Minnesotan poetry in Minnesota and develop new skill sets in performance and instruction, business, and arts technology.
For a collection of stories from a group of Liberian women that will commemorate their courage as elderly women--some non-English speaking--thriving in Minnesota.
