Career Development Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Goal: 1. To develop expertise in rosemaling design and color placement buy focusing on the Rogaland style of rosemaling. 2. To improve my lettering and fine linework skills. 3. To use these skills to begin teaching rosemaling and share my knowledge with various interested groups. 4. To create 24 original designs for plates in the first 6 months (1 per week) of the grant period. Then, paint 3-4 of the designs on Masonite board before each of the remaining tutoring sessions for evaluation and constructive criticism with my mentor. After discussion and adjustments to the designs I will then alter the design to fit the chosen piece of woodenware and paint the final piece. 1. I will develop a scorecard with the help of my mentor and have other award winning rosemalers evaluate 6 of my tagboard designs and each piece of woodenware I paint using that score card. The scorecard will judge how well the design fits the woodenware, color choice and placement, quality of the design and quality of the painting, including linework and lettering. My mentor will also use this tool to evaluate my work progress throughout the year. 2. I will have an exhibit of my pieces and hold an informational session on the styles of rosemaling and use an evaluation form for feedback either in Ely or at the North House in Grand Marais. 3. I will teach a class at North House at the end of my grant year and use their class evaluation tool to gage my success as an instructor. 4. I will enter one of my pieces in the Minnesota State Fair and have it judged anonymously for quality of work.
1. Using the rogaland style of rosemaling as a starting out point I have learned to look at different aspects of design and have used these tools to develop my own rosemaling designs in several different regional styles of rosemaling. 2. Frequent practice has made me much more proficient at lettering and linework placement. 3. I have created 6 original designs in the rogaland style for several different types of woodenware and have painted 4 of them on masonite board. I am continuing to work with my mentor on color refinement. 4. I have held 3 classes at the Ely Folk school in various styles of rosemaling, I have done several demonstrations on rosemaling styles at the Ely folk Schol and have had my rosemaling on display there. I also spoke to the Tower Women's Group about the Regional styles of rosemaling and held a beginning rosemaling class there in the Valdres style. I also exhibited my work for them. I also held a class in Os rosemaling at the Northhouse Folk School last August and am going to teach the class again this August. I have 2 more classes scheduled this summer at the Ely Folk School in the Telemark style.
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