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Wendy's Projects

Spirit of Tibet
A series of collaborative public art and education events in association with the visit of the Dalai Lama to Minnesota.

For full story and images, click on Spirit of Tibet.

South East Asian Dance Project
A collaboration with a traditional Hmong dance artist and YMCA outreach workers that used dance as a cultural metaphor to address conflicting values among Hmong teenage girls, their families, and clan elders.

For full story and images, click on SE Asian Dance Complete.
For synopsis, click on SE Asian Dance Summary.

King's Fair - Dancing Trees
A performance/installation for a biennial neighborhood festival which explored: 1) building community through movement workshops, and 2) digital image-making in community art practice.

For full story and images, click on King's Fair Complete.
For synopsis, click on King's Fair Summary.

Urban Web - People Place Connections
A three-year program of community-based activities facilitated by five artists to build capacity for cross-cultural collaboration among residents of South Minneapolis around urban planning issues related to the Midtown Greenway (a new transportation/recreation corridor that traverses Minneapolis).

For summary, project map and images, click on Urban Web.

The Intuition Project
A four-month investigation of intuitive knowing.

For full story and images, click on Intuition Project Complete.
For synopsis, click on Intuition Project Summary.

Pathways
A twelve-year creative partnership with a health crisis resource center.
For summary and images, click on Pathways.

What About Beauty?
An exploration of beauty as community engagement that generated 600 interviews about what people make and their motivations for making.

For full story and images, click on What About Beauty? Complete.
For synopsis, click on What About Beauty? Summary.

Creative Economy
A series of performance actions around the intersection of creativity and money.
For full story and images, click on Creative Economy.

ICCD – The Institute for Community Cultural Development
A professional development initiative that convenes artists and community development professionals around the question, "How do art and community development contribute to capable and caring communities?"

For full story and images, click on ICCD Complete.
For synopsis, click on ICCD Summary.


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