Art on the Roll

Written By Gregory Konsor

For Instructors:

Who: You the teaching artist

What: a walk-in art learning experience

When: Saturdays from 10:30 am-2:30 pm

  • Application

Where: Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail (1400 4th St. Holdingford, MN)

Why: To provide the artist opportunity for conducting social practice and community engagement, and for the guests to learn and engage with the location, others, and art.

How/Cost:

Artists will receive a $250 stipend budget distributed at the end of the workshop. Artists must complete a short survey, and report attendance to the Art Coordinator. Artists are responsible for acquiring the materials for their workshop. Artists are responsible for setting up their activity, and any cleanup,

SUBMIT A PROPOSAL HERE

Please read the following before applying!


About Art on a Roll 

For the 2024 programming at Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail, Art on a Roll is a weekly art-making workshop that connects the community with teaching artists in high-quality art activities and workshops. 

Our goal at Art in Motion is to promote healthy lifestyles by integrating both art and physical activity within and around the Art in Motion facility and campus. We aim to create an atmosphere that stimulates the mind and body to learn, grow, and engage while being in the moment with each other. The Art on a Roll program is meant to be something expected on Saturdays, yet, the activities themselves, may be unexpected. We believe that when our guests venture out to Holdingford by trail or car, there should be an opportunity to retreat for a couple of hours. The art activities are one of many things to do on the Art in Motion campus. Art on a Roll is a weekly artist workshop where visitors and community members can engage in a variety of place-based art activities while also enjoying the beautiful setting along the Lake Wobegon Trail. Workshops will be open to the public and accessible to all ages, skill sets, and artistic abilities.

17 workshop days will be scheduled for the season between June 2024, and finishing September 2024. Artists shall provide a simple proposal of an accessible art activity that can be adapted by the visitors, regardless of their art backgrounds. The workshops aim to be inspired by the surrounding landscape, bike trails, and/or rural communities. This year we are working on themes of endangered insects, the environment, movement, the 5 senses, food, community, global service. Your project does not need to reference these themes, but it would be cool if it did! The workshop can take place in the studio or outside on the campus. Successful projects use exciting materials such as paint, clay, pipe cleaners, cyanotype, string, beads, etc.

Please do not stress too much over your application, we believe in a partnership between our staff and the artist, we will work together on the concept to make your idea a successful workshop. We look forward to your proposals! Use this opportunity to teach about your own art practice.

The teaching artists can be both local and nonlocal, providing a balanced perspective for participants. A residency house is provided, in kind, for artists who would like to stay for an extended period. 

The Application

The application is a Google form that will not allow you to save and return to your application so it is suggested that you prepare ahead of time. Please email Lily at exhibitionsartinmotion@gmail.com with any questions on the program or the application.

The application will ask you to provide the following:

Contact information: Name, Pronouns, Email, phone, website, social media, etc.

Demographic information: Optional, however priority consideration will be granted to folks with historically and currently marginalized identities, Women, LGBTQIA2S+, and BIPOC. This information will remain confidential to Art in Motion and the CMAB. The data will not be used in promotion of these events. The data may be used in grant reporting.

Proposal: Prepare this in Advance:

  • Project Title (short answer)

  • Description: 2-4 sentences describing the project for promotional purposes.

  • Technical Description: Please describe the “How” of your project: materials needed, processes, and resources needed for the project.

  • Accessibility statement: (long answer) please identify accessibility barriers and potential differentiation and modification for participants. Consider the abilities of children, elderly, folks with disabilities, language barriers, etc.

  • Picture of the project: Can be an inspiration or a prototype for the project. This may be used in promotion

  • Qualifications: (long answer) List any relevant qualifications you have in teaching this workshop.

  • Availability: Saturdays from June 1st to September 28th. Mark your first choice date, second choice date, and general availability.

    • On-site materials:

      • markers

      • crayons

      • colored pencils

      • scissors,

      • newsprint paper

      • yarn

      • cardboard

      • Hot glue gun

      • laminator

      • paint brushes (not very high quality)

      • Crayola watercolor kits

      • pencils

      • pens

      • rulers

      • water buckets

      • Tempera paint

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Gregory Konsor
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