Melisande Charles Media Collection Care Project.
MN Media Arts is proud to announce that a MNHS Legacy Grant has been awarded for the Melisande Charles Media Collection Care Project . Melisande Charles was an accomplished video artist, arts administrator and a pioneering woman in the Minnesota Arts Community. Before passing in September 2017 at age 86, we conducted several interviews with Melisande discussing her work and cultural history legacy. Special thanks to Craig Sinard, Tom Adair and Mark Stanley for their contributions in capturing these important video interviews. Melisande Charles, 2016 “I'm having a great adventure you know, I mean everyone's got to die… you know that's eventual. I just want to know that everything is in its place when I die and that I will take this time to finish what I have not finished. To just let it go, so those were all the decisions that you had to make, but I had the luxury of doing that… somebody that has a sudden heart attack and goes to the hospital and doesn't come ou