Arts Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Range Artists Association, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Workshops and exhibition
Project Details
Present workshops and exhibition of finished works.
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
$3,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,650
Direct expenses
$4,650
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Offer three open workshops taught by professional artists culminating in an open house/exhibition. Increased attendance at classes and increase in art center membership.Increase in attendance at workshops, drawing people from surrounding communities and increase art center membership. Evaluate attendance and membership numbers.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Evaluation forms filled out by class participants.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Ron Wirkkula, Darla Miklavcich
Project Manager
First Name
Ron
Last Name
Wirkkula
Organization Name
Range Artists Association, Inc.
Street Address
328 W Howard St
City
Hibbing
State
MN
Zip Code
55746-1553
Phone
(218) 263-6785
Email
minesandpines@rangeartcenter.org
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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