Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Alisi Styles
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2016
End Date
September 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Itasca
Itasca
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
To FIJI With Love
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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 for North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota-Duluth; 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; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music, University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director for North Shore Music Association, writer; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of the Duluth Art Institute; Kristina Estell: visual artist specializing in large-scale installations; Crystal Detlefsen: sound engineer, photographer, KUWS radio host; Summer Scharringhausen: program manager at MacRostie Art Center.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,850
Direct expenses
$3,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To combine immersive experience with audio and visual recordings research of the traditions and history (both oral and documented) of the people I come from for the purpose of gaining a richer and deeper understanding of my heritage and own indigenous identity with which to develop that voice in my art. I will know that I've been successful in addressing these goals by: attending and recording cultural events and ceremonies; interviewing elders and chiefs of my native village community; interviewing tribal historians; exploring traditional artistic expression of the Pacific/Fijian way of life with an emphasis on storytelling and passing down of history from generation to generation, a significant component being research of the “meke” which is the traditional artistic expression of storytelling through dance (similar to the Maori “haka”).

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Alisi
Last Name
Styles
Organization Name
Alisi Styles
State
MN
Phone
(818) 254-9464
Email
alisi@alisistyles.com
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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