Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Sculptor Gita Ghei will lead ten veterans from Minnesota Chapters of Veterans for Peace in lost wax bronze workshops using sustainable processes to create bells and individual work. The participants will discuss their work at a public event.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Jeffrey Bleam: Chair; department of theatre and film studies, Saint Cloud State University; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Donald Hill: Visiting assistant professor, creative writing program, University of Alaska-Fairbanks; author and poet; Dorothy Kantor: Assistant director, National Catholic Youth Choir; Ruthe Thompson: Professor of English, Southwest Minnesota State University; Elizabeth Ward: Arts program coordinator, Backus Community Center
ACHF Arts Education
Bronze cast by lost wax in non-toxic and re-usable methods will be introduced as the art form and this activity is unique and not available. The artist will evaluate the studio space efficiency use, materials efficiency use and time efficiency use at project closing. 2: One barrier that veterans face for one is that they may not be aware of veteran arts activities. Artist will be working with vets in the project. It will be posted on the Web and has contacted both the Veterans Hospital and the director of Veterans in the Arts to post about it.
Bronze bells were cast by sustainable method of ancient plaster investment and lost wax. 2: The opportunity was made accessible to as many veterans as possible, through word of mouth, flyer and technology listings.