Bright Moon Salon Moorhead: Naomi Schliesman
Friends, my heart sings for the gatherings we are planning next week. In Fargo/Moorhead, we will gather to honor and learn from Naomi Schliesman on Tuesday February 28th at the Arthouse. Two days later, those of us in Minneapolis/Saint Paul will gather to honor and gain wisdom from Donette Ambrosy. Connecting in meaningful ways with heartfelt folks in my two “hometowns” is my dream come true. You are welcome to join us- just drop a line and let me know you are interested!
Here is what Naomi is planning for us:
"Let's discuss society’s contemporary struggle of navigating “new normals” amidst the systemic failures of zeitgeist institutions; and how beauty can become the catalyst for joy, collective healing, and forming generative solutions for the future. We can share ideas, resources, tools and possibly create collaborations to move forward with one another."
What to bring:
Please bring an idea or goal that you have had percolating and may need the group to help you see the potential or may have suggestions needed to move forward.
Also please bring a food or beverage that reminds you of joy and that we can all share with one another.
I am asking everyone to donate to the ArtHouse for my session as this house has brought us together, and I want to honor the ArtHouse and to continue to support it. “
- Naomi Ramona Schliesman
Naomi RaMona Schliesman is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist with over 25 years of experience. She has exhibited her work in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Seattle and across the Midwest. She received an MFA degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison 2009, and a BFA degree with an emphasis in sculpture from Minnesota State University Moorhead. Schliesman has received a Fellowship from Ragdale and Kimmel Hardening Nelson Center for the Arts, was awarded 2 nd place for Miami University Young Sculptors Competition for William and Dorothy Yeck Award, and was a LEAP finalist for the Society of Contemporary Craft Award. She was selected by Smart Growth America, Forecast Public Art and West Central Initiative to create a reusable community engagement kit consisting of both virtual and physical tools to be implemented in West Central MN. Recently she was selected to be one of two Artist Organizers for a project mentoring youth for the development of the multimedia exhibit “Return to Normal? COVID Diaries from Local Youth” funded by CDC Foundation in partnership with Springboard for the Arts, Otter Tail County Historical Society and Otter Tail County Public Health Department. She has traveled abroad to Italy, Scotland, Ireland, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Belize to study art movements and has done artist residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Kimmel Hardening Nelson Center for the Arts, Ragadale, The Traveling Museum and Hospitalfield Arts.
Schliesman taught 2D and 3D Design and was the Gallery Director for the School of Arts at Minnesota State University Moorhead, from 2011- 2013, and she was the Artist Development Director for rural programing at Springboard for the Arts in the Fergus Falls, MN from 2013 -2020, where she managed the Hinge Arts at the Kirkbride residency program, facilitated the Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists workshops, Artist Development panels, and mentored artists across the United States through one-on-one Artist Career Consultations. Schliesman currently serves on the Fergus Falls Public Library Arts Advisory Committee and the MinneShowta Board. She resides in rural MN where she lives with her daughter and continues her studio practice and freelance work, she is a contracted Artist Career Consultant and Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists facilitator for Springboard for the Arts, and is a teaching Artist for Kaddatz Galleries, and Gallery Curator and Arts Calendar Editor at Lake Region Arts Council. She continues her collaborations with Artists and organizations nationwide on art, storytelling, community projects and connecting others to resources and tools achieve their goals and collaborative partnerships.
