Arts Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,300
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
International Falls Public Library
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2012
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Koochiching
Koochiching
Project Overview

Photographer/writer collaboration

Project Details

Create opportunity for photographers and writers to collaborate in an exhibition.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,300
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,070
Direct expenses
$5,370
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Successful launch of a writing group at library and 12 photo/story combinationsMeasured by writing group and entries for all 12 months

Measurable Outcome(s)

Successfully involved over 40 writers and photgraphers in the program and showed off the library as an artisitc space.

Description of Funds
Nancy McBride; Lee Lepper; Emily Whitbeck; Jill Christie; Liz Johnson
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Diane
Last Name
Adams
Organization Name
International Falls Public Library
Street Address
750 4th St
City
International Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56649-2439
Phone
(218) 285-8051
Email
dadams@arrowhead.lib.mn.us
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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Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
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