2006 Grant Recipient List
Artist Initiative Grants
Media arts/new media
Number of grants awarded: 10
Total dollars granted: $57,900
Tony Brown,
Minneapolis
$6,000; to explore and learn new interactive technologies
and research the latest software for multi-layered video and
computer graphics; the research and knowledge of technology
will inform his first evening-length work “ZANSVILLE
USA”
Charles Doerr, Saint Paul
$6,000; to film on location for his second film, “Man
Made of Gold,” which takes place during the Civil War;
the film will use minimal language and explore landscapes
as a means to captivate and evoke feelings in the viewer
Melody
Gilbert, Saint Paul
$6,000; to travel to Australia and Paris to finish her film
about the subculture of urban exploration
Pamela Nice, Saint Paul
$6,000; for editor’s fees, studio mixing costs, and
creative time to complete her documentary “Dreaming
in Morocco”
Jila Nikpay,
Minneapolis
$6,000; to research, film, and transfer her current project
“Rhythm of Tides” from film to video
Cuong Phan, Collegeville
$6,000; to travel to Vietnam to seek out and interview Amerasians
that are still living in Vietnam and to record their stories
Thomas Schroeder, Minneapolis
$6,000; for a portion of production costs for his ten-minute,
35mm animated film adapted from Jay Orff’s short story
“Bear Paw”
Jason Wade, Minneapolis
$4,900; for motion picture production equipment that will
enable him to experiment with new ideas in his creative development
of work
John Whitehead, Saint Paul
$6,000; for travel related to his documentary about the rise
and fall of the Black banjo tradition
Jake Yuzna,
Minneapolis
$5,000; to delve into a more complex character-based drama
“Am I Normal”
Music
Number of grants awarded: 13
Total dollars awarded: $71,000
Julieta Avarado, Marshall
$6,000; to research and link her Latin American music to its
roots in Spain and Spanish Baroque music, particularly Andalusian
music and, specifically, that of Seville
Mary Ellen
Childs, Minneapolis
$6,000; to create a CD recording of her full evening work
Dream House, a piece for string quartet in thirteen movements
based on themes of destruction and creation, cycles of time,
and rhythms of work
Anthony
W. Cox, Coon Rapids
$6,000; to investigate the intersections of harmony, color,
rhythm, and texture in visual and music disciplines; and collaborate
with a visual artist to create a performance of sound and
image to be presented at Red Eye Theater
Desdamona,
Burnsville
$3,300; to promote her latest CD in larger venues in New York,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and to expand her audience
base and collaborate with other artists
Timothy W. Ericksen,
Minneapolis
$6,000; to travel to Sand Mountain (Alabama) to study and
explore further the nuances of shape-note singing, and spend
time with the country’s most active shape-note singers
Maud N. Hixson,
Mendota Heights
$3,200; to attend the Cabaret Conference at Yale University;
the conference, through a collaborative process of critical
refining and honing, will enhance the artistic quality of
her work
David A. Krejci,
Minneapolis
$5,500; to study the architecture of spider webs in detail
to look for evidence of the orchestral sound that mathematically
occurs with the threads of the web and, based on that information,
create a new instrument—the arachnophone
Rass Kwame,
Minneapolis
$6,000; to explore the melding of rhythms and melodies, and
write lyrics for his new project, “Ananse Stories”
Jeffrey C. Lambert,
Minneapolis
$5,000; to commission a composer to write new works to fit
his style of playing, and record a CD of his new solo work
for guitar
Billy McLaughlin,
White Bear Lake
$6,000; to complete the final level of retraining on his instrument
and to return to the recording studio and concert stage
Daniel Rieppel, Marshall
$6,000; to study, practice, research, and then perform in
recital all of the piano and violin sonatas of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart in honor of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s
birth
Joko Sutrisno,
Saint Paul
$6,000; to research, compose, arrange, and produce “Tobat”
(Discovering), a 30-minute gamelan music production for performance
Ross
M. Sutter, Minneapolis
$6,000; to travel to Sweden to collect and study Swedish music
Photography
Number of grants awarded: 16
Total dollars awarded: $84,000
Sara A. Belleau, Minneapolis
$5,000; to develop and complete her current body of work exploring
the myths, symbols, and archetypes people use to define themselves
Sheila M. Farrell, Minneapolis
$6,000; to continue to research and document Minnesota’s
disappearing family-owned resorts
James
V. Henkel, Minneapolis
$4,400; to examine the life and work of Johannes Vermeer through
photography
Alison
G. Hoekstra, Minneapolis
$6,000; for materials to produce a new body of work on how
nature reemerges in the post-industrial landscape
Keith M. Holmes, Minneapolis
$5,000; for supplies, studio expenses, and a ventilation system
for his kiln to enable him to explore new materials and new
methods of firing his work
Richard
C. Johnson, Duluth
$1,600; for experimental exploration of new work
Peter
A. Latner, Minneapolis
$5,500; for travel throughout Plains states to complete a
portfolio of photography for both exhibition and publishing
possibilities
Brian
M. Lesteberg, Minneapolis
$4,500; for materials and framing for an exhibition of his
photographs on migration
Michael A. Melman, Minneapolis
$6,000; for travel expenses associated with living on-site
for extended periods of time in order to search for and photograph
his work
Paulette M. Myers-Rich, Saint Paul
$4,500; to document and print large-scale representations
of her work on place and the meanings inherent in landscape
and architecture for an exhibition at the Katharine Nash Gallery
Scott
A. Nedrelow, Ely
$6,000; for supplies and materials to explore production in
large-scale format
Angela D. Strassheim, Minneapolis
$5,500; to obtain proper equipment to create new work for
a solo exhibition in New York
Suzanne
E. Szucs, Duluth
$6,000; to begin research and work on a new project that directly
addresses the themes of death and regeneration
Keith
M. Taylor, Minneapolis
$6,000; to research local landmarks and their surroundings;
and for materials to shoot, print, and exhibit the photographs
Tobechi
Tobechukwu, Minneapolis
$6,000; to focus on “The Incarcerated Fathers”
project, part of a ten-year photography documentary titled
“The Reparation Series”
Thomas N. Wik, Minneapolis
$6,000; to continue his exploration of free form designs in
residential environments and to produce a larger body of work
for exhibition
Poetry
Number of grants awarded: 11
Total dollars awarded: $56,000
Naomi
J. Cohn, Saint Paul
$4,400; to research, draft, and refine a cycle of poems using
museums, parks, and museum objects as touchstones for writing
about memories of her father
John
A. Colburn, Minneapolis
$6,000; to continue work on a series of poems titled “Earth
Language and the Scientific American.” The poems aim
to create geography of sacred spaces via the use of folklore,
history, myth, and the images of daily life
Mark
Conway, Avon
$4,700; for time to write, and to fund a reading tour to promote
his recently published book
Lightsey
L. Darst, Minneapolis
$2,000; to focus on completing a manuscript she began two
years ago
Sarah
Fox, Minneapolis
$6,000; to tour and promote her book Because Why in regions
beyond the Twin Cities
Alex R. Lemon,
Minneapolis
$6,000; to write a chapbook of poems based on the intersection
between faith and human fallibility
Brandon
M. Lussier, Minneapolis
$5,700; to attend the New York State Summer Writers Institute
to study with writer Henri Cole and to do close readings and
thorough annotation of long poems
LouAnn
Shepard Muhm, Park Rapids
$6,000; to complete a poetry manuscript and to attend a writer’s
workshop to enhance her writing
Jude
Nutter, Edina
$5,000; to focus on the formal and aesthetic concerns of her
new body of work
Francine M. Tolf, Minneapolis
$5,000; to concentrate on honing her style, taking poetic
risks, and struggling with material she has not yet had the
courage or inclination to deal with
Susan
K. Yuzna, Minneapolis
$5,200; to revisit places of her childhood and record her
impressions and memories in order to juxtapose those memories
with the physical places as they look now
Prose
Number of grants awarded: 22
Total dollars granted: $111,000
Me-K Ahn, Minneapolis
$6,000; to conduct research, and work with mentor Korean-American
novelist and writing professor Heinz Insu Fenkl, on a new
novel based on her experiences living and working in Seoul,
South Korea
Heidi J. Arneson,
Minneapolis
$5,800; for research and time to complete “The Flying
Boy,” a full-bodied short story revolving around Minnesota
and Iowa, and to enable her transition from performance writing
to prose
David C. Bernardy, Minneapolis
$3,000; for research in Everglades National Park and the key
heritage museum resources of southern Florida to enhance his
stories, and to help him prepare his first book, From Strength
to Strength, for publication
Jill L. Boyles, Eagan
$6,000; to take time to analyze and edit her in-progress stories
extensively
Anne E. Campisi, Saint Paul
$6,000; to build on her recent winning of the James Jones
First Novel Fellowship by traveling to Australia for final
research and editing of her book, The Lime Tree, and establish
literary contacts in anticipation of a book tour
Martin L. Cozza, Minneapolis
$6,000; to complete and to begin to market his short story
collection, “Nervous Postures of Men in Love,”
and to attend the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in Sewanee,
Tennessee
Amanda J. Fields, Minneapolis
$5,900; to generate material for her project, The Rubber Knife
Gang, a segmented novel
Meta C. Gaertnier, Golden Valley
$6,000; to revise for publication the current draft of Braver
Than We Know, a book-length memoir
Kathleen A. Glasgow, Saint Paul
$3,600; for feedback and critique to revise and prepare her
novel for publication
Jennifer L. Johnson, Saint Paul
$5,000; to research and write her non-fiction manuscript on
the prairie restoration project at Glacial Ridge Wildlife
Refuge in northeastern Minnesota
Stephanie N. Johnson, Minneapolis
$5,400; to research and write a memoir, and participate in
community workshops at The Loft Literary Center for feedback
Hannah E. Kaplan, Minneapolis
$1,600; to finish her short story “Smoking Girl,”
and to give her the opportunity to explore writing longer
pieces of work
Ed Bok Lee,
Minneapolis
$6,000; to take a five-month leave of absence from teaching
to finish the
last part of his manuscript of stories
Laurie E. Lindeen, Edina
$6,000; to travel to several cities in the United States,
and to London, England, to promote her new book Petal Pusher,
which was recently purchased by a publisher
John T. Medeiros,
Minneapolis
$2,000; to purchase a computer, and research the third and
final portion of his memoir about the quest for individuality
in the world of twins
Mattox D.
Roesch, Minneapolis
$6,000; to travel to Unalakleet, Alaska, to polish the authentic
details of his novel and to research examples of undiagnosed
mental illness and preventable suicides
Joan
Rothfuss, Minneapolis
$5,000; to explore the personal affects the avant-garde cellist
Charlotte Moorman, which are currently archived at the Northwestern
University Library in Evanston, and write a biography of Moorman
Christopher J. Szarke, Minneapolis
$6,000; to purchase a new computer and printer, to create
a Web site, to continue researching the details of his memoir,
and to attend a writing workshop to enhance his skills and
expand his personal contacts
Joni L. Tevis, Minneapolis
$5,000; to travel to Virginia and Massachusetts for research
and inspiration for her book of lyric essays, The Wet Collection
Joseph J. Tougas, North Mankato
$4,700; for time, travel, and literary assistance to complete
his first book of fiction
Andrea M. Worth, Little Canada
$4,000; to further her growth as a writer and to complete
a high quality, book-length work of short stories
Jenna
Zark, Lauderdale
$6,000; to create a second book for young adults, based in
Minnesota, and to attend a national writers conference
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