Fourteen area artists recently completed the Northwest Minnesota Art Council’s teaching artist training and are available for school and community residencies. Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is proud to now promote a roster of 23 local artists trained in the Teaching Artist Roster Program (TARP).
This new cohort of artists include visual artists Alyssa Aune of Gatzke, Beau Bakken of Hallock, Trey Everett of Crookston, Amy Fuglestad of Crookston, Samantha Harrill of Warroad, Jill Levene of Warren, Caylie Nicholson of Hallock, Gail Ose of Thief River Falls, Jodi Peterson of Moorhead who teaches in Ada, Jessica Ross of Fisher, Mandy Smestad of East Grand Forks, and Acacia Winters of Thief River Falls; and performing artists Eden Johnson of Lake Bronson and Megan Maloney of Thief River Falls.
They join Kristin Eggerling of Hallock, Christine Foster of Thief River Falls, Janet Johnson of Roseau, Jolene Juhl of Greenbush, Cindy Kolling of Gully, Misti Koop of East Grand Forks, Aliza Novacek-Olson of Roseau, Stephanie Olson of Thief River Falls, and Elizabeth Rockstad of Ada.
Residencies and multi-day workshops offered are in ceramics, storytelling, writing, visual arts, violin, self-portraits, watercolor or acrylic painting, mural painting, creative expression, glass fusing, encaustic art, mixed media, collaborative design and technical theater, performing arts, textiles, mosaic, printmaking, and more.
To view the roster and learn more about the artists (including how to contact them), visit their website at https://northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/tarp-artists, or click Artists at the top of the website, then Teaching Artists List.
The Teaching Artist Roster Program (TARP) is designed to support artists (visual, performing, writing, media, and fine art) in refining and developing skills for conducting collaborative, in-depth arts learning experiences in organizations, community settings, and schools. Artists applied, and a cohort was selected to participate in this training. Artists interested in being added to the roster can apply this Fall to be in the next group going through the mainly online training of seven sessions.
These artists learned valuable skills and tools to best teach their creative practice. The training helped them expand the ways they apply their craft, connect with a network of fellow teaching artists who serve as resources, mentors, and peers, and employ strategies that contribute to success as teaching artists.
Schools and festivals can apply for funding to sponsor these local artists to come into their school for residencies or to their festival for a workshop experience over a couple days. Artists on the roster have created a residency plan with lesson plans, materials lists, and other documents that take most of the work out of applying.
Schools can apply for an Artist Residency grant of $3,000 as early as this fall through their online grant system. The Login to create a user and start an application is in the upper right corner of the website. To apply, schools complete an application indicating interest in funding, then submit specific project funding requests via add-on forms in the online grant software. Each residency requires a minimum ten percent cash match. Funding for residency activities comes from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment in Minnesota. School residencies are first-come, first-served grants to school districts in their seven-county area. You will need to contact the artist directly to schedule the residency.
Festivals within the seven-county service area can apply for the July 31, October 31, February 28, or April 30 deadlines to include artists in what they offer the public through grant funding in the arts. There is a minimum 10% cash match.
Please contact the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council in Warren with any questions about this TARP program, to receive a flyer in the mail with the artists available, or to receive grant funding to bring one of these teaching artists into your school or festival.
