Arts Project Grant
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,450
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ely Artwalk
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2012
End Date
May 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Project Overview
Arts Project Grant
Project Details
Produce an 11-day winter art show that will turn the streets of Ely into an art gallery where area artists will display their work in the windows of Ely retail stores.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, instructor North House Folk School; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator, MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director for North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator for MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year
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
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,450
Other Funds Leveraged
$12,925
Direct expenses
$17,375
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Exhibition including 100 adult artists, 100 student artists, 500 or more pieces on display at 40 or more participating merchant storefronts.Tracking of results plus artist and merchant surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Comments about the quality of the art and display were especially positive and more participating local merchants than in the past. There were over 50 volunteers, a larger number than usual.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Polly Carlson-Voiles, Steve Voiles, Alanna Dore, Karen Friedrich, Irene Hartfield
Project Manager
First Name
Steve
Last Name
Voiles
Organization Name
Ely Artwalk
Street Address
PO Box 132
City
Ely
State
MN
Zip Code
55731
Phone
(218) 365-3404
Email
art@elyartwalk.org
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