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Dr. William Reichard, City Arts Program Director, holds an MA in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Contemporary American Poetry from the University of Minnesota. A long time member of the Twin Cities arts community, Reichard has worked with artists from a wide variety of disciplines creating collaborative projects that push the boundaries of individual genres. He is the author of three collections of poetry: An Alchemy in the Bones (1999), To Be Quietly Spoken (2001), and How To (2004), and the editor of The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s: A Gay Life in the 1940’s (2001).
Christa Olson, Assistant Instructor, received her MA in Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and her interdisciplinary B.A., Finding Voice: Creative Expression as a Tool for Social Justice, from St. Olaf’s Paracollege. She has worked with arts organizations in the Twin Cities and New York City and continues to be actively involved in the performing arts through her role as Production Manager at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.
Students also learn from a wide variety of guest resource
persons throughout the semester.
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