Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,800
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Gita J. Ghei
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2014
End Date
March 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Sculptor Gita Ghei will lead ten veterans from Minnesota Chapters of Veterans for Peace in lost wax bronze workshops using sustainable processes to create bells and individual work. The participants will discuss their work at a public event.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jeffrey Bleam: Chair; department of theatre and film studies, Saint Cloud State University; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Donald Hill: Visiting assistant professor, creative writing program, University of Alaska-Fairbanks; author and poet; Dorothy Kantor: Assistant director, National Catholic Youth Choir; Ruthe Thompson: Professor of English, Southwest Minnesota State University; Elizabeth Ward: Arts program coordinator, Backus Community Center

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,800
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$9,800
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Bronze cast by lost wax in non-toxic and re-usable methods will be introduced as the art form and this activity is unique and not available. The artist will evaluate the studio space efficiency use, materials efficiency use and time efficiency use at project closing. 2: One barrier that veterans face for one is that they may not be aware of veteran arts activities. Artist will be working with vets in the project. It will be posted on the Web and has contacted both the Veterans Hospital and the director of Veterans in the Arts to post about it.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Bronze bells were cast by sustainable method of ancient plaster investment and lost wax. 2: The opportunity was made accessible to as many veterans as possible, through word of mouth, flyer and technology listings.

Project Manager
First Name
Gita
Last Name
Ghei
Organization Name
Gita J. Ghei
State
MN
Phone
(612) 845-8798
Email
g@gitapatina.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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