Arts Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,400
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
International Falls Public Library
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2013
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Koochiching
Koochiching
Project Overview
Arts Project Grant
Project Details
Create opportunities for local photographers and writers to collaborate on a monthly project in which a photographer 'illustrates' a story told by an author.
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
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
$1,400
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,040
Direct expenses
$5,440
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Work together with other arts organizations in the community and provide outlets for both writers and photographers. The measurable outcomes will be photographer and writer participation and evidence of community awareness of the library.Counting the number of writing and photographic entries for each month as well as counting the unique number of individuals submitting entries. Count the number of different winners indicating quality of entries from different sources.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Had both writers and photographers participating each month.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Nancy McBride, Lee Lepper, Emily Whitbeck, Jill Christie, Liz Johnson
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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