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Mark Riverblood City or Ramsey Please describe how the grant will be used to preserve the culture and heritage of Minnesota. This project will help to preserve the culture and heritage of the Minnesota Female Veterans throughout Minnesota. Women who served have been overlooked historically, and can often feel invisible as veterans. The art works plaques will use symbalogy, images and paint to reflect the Women Veteran varied military experiences and accomplishments. The Veterans directly involved in this project will experience pride in 'giving back to the community once again. Community members who are participants in this project (those that create the pieces, as well as those that encounter it) will discover a new appreciation for women veterans' legacy in our State. Minnesota Artists* How will the work of Minnesota artists, including veterans who are artists, be incorporated into the memorial? Please provide details on the artist(s), examples of their work, and describe how their work will be incorporated in the memorial. Please state N/A if the work of Minnesota artists will not be incorporated into the memorial. Minnesota artists, (both veteran and non -veteran), will have a direct hand in all of the processes needed to complete this project. They will collaborate to decide the silhouette figures style and material. The woman veteran artists will develop designs and imagery for the silhouette figures either solo or with assistance from a fellow artist veterans or community member artists. Both groups will have a hands on opportunity to transfer these woman veteran designs/ images to the silhouette figure sculpture. The community artists will design, transfer and paint onto their special silhouette figures. Also, with a veteran artists guidance and approval, either group will create or select images to be used as plagues on the base of the silhouette figure sculpture. The sculpture will be designed by and created by Mary J Horgan, SSG Retired MN-ARNG and Iraq Veteran. Along with Mary Horgan, Kimber Fiebiger, Larry Weinberg, Veteran and artist and Angie Renee, Artist - Art Director of the community based Rum River Art Center will oversee all steps and have hands on at all levels needed. Artist Kimber Fiebiger creates bronze sculptures that range from fun and whimsical, to classical and contemporary. She lives in Minneapolis yet her sculptures have been sold over the entire country where she has won numerous awards. Besides being a fabulous sculptor, Kimber has created an amazing home/gallery/studio - kimber@artbykimber Mary J. Horgan has been a practicing artist since childhood. She has taken many art classes including: MN State University, the U of M, Minneapolis Institute of Art (M.I.A.), Veterans in the Arts, Northern Clay, and now at the Rum River Art Center (RRAC). She also worked at the Joan of Art Gallery/Studio with Kimber as an artist assistant working on Kimber's sculptures and performed administrative tasks. Mary's favorite mediums includes: ceramics, acrylic painting, wire sculpture, pencil drawing and mixed medium. In addition, in 2006, after 21 years, she retired from the MN National Guard as a SSG (Staff Sergeant) serving on Active Duty and as a Guardsman. She is an Iraq War Veteran. Larry Weinberg, co-founder and Executive Director of the Rumriver Art Center, was born into an artistic family in St. Paul, Minnesota. Weinberg graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BFA. While at the University of Minnesota, Weinberg studied under artists George Morrison and David Feinberg. Larry has had several solo shows and group shows including MIA's 2020 "Foot in the Door" show. He continues to work on two-dimensional media at the Rumriver Art Center. Weinberg develops community art programs, vitality arts classes, and kids programming. Rumriverart.com Printed On: 3 January 2022 FY22 Veterans Memorial Grants