Career Development Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,232

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Troy Rogers

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

In Progress

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

September 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Recording an album of music for robotic instruments

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.

Conflict of Interest Contact

Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Robert DeArmond (218) 722-0952

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,232

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,968

Direct expenses

$6,200

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will record a full-length album of original compositions for robotic instruments with audio engineer Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago. I will market and distribute this album digitally and physically. I will mark the occasion of this album's release with live performances in Duluth and likely other cities in the United States. By working with Albini on this project, I seek to further discover and reveal the voices of these machine instruments in a manner that will impact future work in musical robotics by myself and other practitioners. Outcomes will be concretely measured by the successful completion of this album and the presentation of the music in one or more album release performances in Duluth and perhaps other US cities. Upon project completion I will reflect upon the impact of this project on my work at this critical time in my artistic career.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Troy

Rogers

Troy Rogers

(218) 750-4518

troy@expressivemachines.com

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