Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
Re-Vision, Revision: This project provides for individual critique of my creative nonfiction works, as well as focused time toward manuscript revision, via a workshop offered by the Madeline Island School of the Arts in October 2017.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Paula Gudmundson: Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Judy Budreau: writer and editor; Jeffrey Kalstrom: sculptor and printmaker, Professor of Fine Art at University of Minnesota-Duluth.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My ultimate goal is to complete a book-length manuscript of creative nonfiction essays that focus on place (Minnesota's Arrowhead Region), nature, and the ways in which people interact with landscape. Toward that end, my specific goal under this grant proposal is to obtain critique on two creative nonfiction essays and to have focused revision time in a workshop setting, ultimately resulting in two publication-ready essays, which will be submitted for consideration in both regional and national publications. Critique from a writer of significant recognition (Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew) and subsequent revision and completion of the two essays will also constitute significant progress toward completion of the book-length manuscript. Success will be met by my having accomplished the following: 1) Completion of two draft works of creative nonfiction [40 pages total] to be ready for critique at the "Alone Together: Living Revision" workshop held at the Madeline Island School of the Arts in October 2017; 2) Active participation in the five-day workshop, including revision exercises, group feedback activities, individual critique from the instructor [Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew], and manuscript revisions; 3) Revision and completion of two creative nonfiction essays; and 4) submission of the essays for consideration for publication by both regional and national publications, as well as pursuit of opportunities to read the work publicly at local and/or regional venues.
1. "Completion of two draft works of creative nonfiction" -- I accomplished this outcome with the completion of draft essays "Among Wolves" (6,300 words) and "What the Water Holds: One Family's History of Summers on North Shore" (7,800 words), both of which focus on place, nature, and the ways in which people interact with the landscape. 2. "Active participation in a five-day workshop, including revision exercises, group feedback activities, and individual critique from the instructor" -- I accomplished all of the proposed workshop activities at the Orion Environmental Writers' Workshop, with group feedback and individual critique on one of the essays, "Among Wolves," coming from instructor Amy Irvine. The length limit for drafts to be workshopped was 12 pages, so I did not receive feedback on "What the Water Holds." 3. "Revision and completion of two essays" -- Because the Orion workshop just took place two weeks ago, I have only begun to revise "Among Wolves." That will comprise most of my summer writing. The insights gained from the workshop will also provide revision guidance for "What the Water Holds." 4. "Submission of the essays for consideration for publication" -- The Orion workshop revealed the extent of revision needed on my draft work. Submission is a ways off but remains a goal. The opportunity at the Orion workshop to meet with that publication's editors and writers was crucial toward my goal of publishing in Orion Magazine.
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