APPLICATION FORMS
Protege Application (.pdf)
Protege Application (.doc)
Program Brochure
"The mentor program has exceeded my expectations. I never thought my work would improve so much or look so good!" - 2004 Program Protégé
"It was rewarding and fun to share with others my knowledge and to learn so much from the other mentors and the protégés." - 2004 Program Mentor |
About
Textile Center Mentor Program is designed to facilitate the development and achievement of artistic and business goals set by emerging artists. This growth is fostered through a supportive one-on-one relationship with a mentor, who is a professional artist working in the field of fiber. The program supports the advancement of each protegeÕs techniques in their own media through instruction and critique, enriching both understanding and advancement of their work.
Participants in this program will build confidence in their work and their role as a working artist in the community at large. The close working relationship between mentor and protege as well as the opportunity to be a member of the mentor-protege group empowers and encourages each artist to take risks and work toward future goals.
| 
|
The Mentors 2009-2010
Mentors for this session were selected
on the basis of their interest in mentoring
emerging artists, their record of excellence
in personal achievement in the textile
arts and for the diversity of skills and
background they bring to the program.
More than one protégé may work with each
of the mentor artists.
Informational packets on the mentor artists
are available for review at the Textile
Center Library during business hours.
Mentors for 2009-2010 are:
Anna Carlson
Ann Hall Richards
Carolyn Halliday
Kimber Olson
Karen Searle
About the Mentors 2009-2010
Anna Carlson is an artist, designer and craftsperson who creates clothing that attracts the senses. Using a variety of surface design techniques, she constructs dyed, textured and patterned fabrics into garments that are inspired by places and events. Anna shows her work in national juried shows, writes technical articles and teaches workshops.
"I have been very fortunate in my life to have had the encouragement and guidance of many people. It is important that the gifts given to me are passed along by mentoring an emerging creative person. I bring a wide range of "real lifeÓ experience and a practical approach to creative business. Mentoring is a personal relationship that creates time and space for challenge, exploration and development. My goal is to help a creative person find her/his artistic voice, learn how to use it, and begin to share it with the community."
Ann Hall Richards creates hand-made paper and waxed linen sculptural vessels and wall pieces that are intuitive interpretations of personal life experiences. She has been showing and marketing her work through galleries and exhibitions nationally for the last 12 years. Richards has won several national awards and was Artist of Distinction for fiber at the 2002 Minnesota Crafts Council Fiber/Metal show. She has lectured on contemporary basketry and has taught workshops in off loom weaving techniques and paper making.
"The mentorship process is an experience of giving back what I have learned in my experiences of making and exhibiting my own work. Proteges are establishing new habits of making oneÕs art an integral part of oneÕs life, as well as becoming familiar with their own personal content. The relationship of mentor and protege becomes a safe environment for experimentation and development of oneÕs artistic direction and goals."
Carolyn Halliday creates sculptural works using knitted wire, handmade paper, felt and other fibers. She has exhibited extensively as part of solo and juried exhibitions throughout the country and has recieved numerous awards for her work. She facilitates and teaches workshops in Critical Response and Peer Critique.
"I am very interested in critique and how we can help artists grow through supportive critique. I would like to work together in figuring out how to increase national recognition for fiber artists, in the mainstream art community. I welcome a protege who would want to work in exploring the bridge between contemporary visual artists and traditional fiber artists."
Kimber Olson creates art quilts with an emphasis on artist-dyed and printed fabrics. She has a special interest in the affective properties of art and creative process that contribute to self-knowledge, growth and wholeness. Kimber has exhibited her work as part of several solo, traveling and group exhibitions. She served as a 2008 Artist-in-Residence at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts.
"Beginning and emerging textile artists are the keystones for continued growth and interest in fober arts, and for generating recognition of textile art disciplines in generations to come. As a mentor, I can help facilitate the artistsic growth of a program protege by providing support and encouragement; sharing my expertise in surface design aesthetics and techniques; and through my past experiences promoting fiber arts to the broader arts community."
Karen Searle has had a rich and varied career in the fiber arts. As an artist, Karen creates sculptures in fiber and mixed media, using a wide range of knitting, crochet, weaving, braiding and sewing techniques. Her works have been exhibited over the past 25 years in the US, Canada, and Korea. As a teacher and mentor, Karen has presented numerous lectures and workshops at textile art conferences locally, nationally and internationally since 1976. As an author and publisher in the field, Karen was the co-founder, and later sole owner, of Dos Tejedoras FiberArts Publications.
"Entanglements with fiber have preoccupied me during the past 35 years. Engaging in a process which produces both form and substance allows me to express my ideas using the vacabulary of womenÕs handwork. I look forward to working with a protege who wishes to deepen her essential expression, whatever her preferred media might be."
Program Costs and Time Commitment
- Program cost is $900.00, plus an additional
$150.00 administrative fee.
- The program fee is payable in two parts, due in December 2008 and June 2009.
- The program
will run from January 2009 through July
2010. A final exhibition is scheduled for
Fall 2010.
- There will be a minimum of 6 mandatory meetings throughout this time period. Additional meetings may be scheduled as needed, determined by the mentors and protégés.
- Mentors and protégés will spend 30 one-on-one hours working together throughout this program. These hours will be scheduled by each mentor-protégé pair.
Additional Expectations for protégés
The following are examples of additional expenses or activities that protégés could expect as a part of this program. These are to give you an idea of expenses you may need to budget for as you participate in the program.
- Producing new work during the time period of the mentorship
- Transportation to and from meetings
- Mentors and protégés share in bringing potluck style snacks for group meetings
- One meeting will focus on photographing your work. Protégés should expect to spend approximately $150-200 for professional photography and processing from this photo session.
- Display materials (stands, hanging equipment etc) for your work.
Protege Selection Process
Protege Applications are due Monday November 10, 2008 by 5 pm.
All applications will be reviewed by the mentors panel. Mentors will contact individual applicants to do one-on-one interviews with the proteges they are interested in potentially pairing with. After all interviews are completed, mentors will meet again to select final mentor/protege pairings. Mentors may choose to work with more than one protege for this round.
|
|
