Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,290
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Nicholas Sunsdahl
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2016
End Date
June 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
Produce a short film to further develop my artistic resume in order to qualify for new opportunities.
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
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Robert DeArmond (218) 722-0952
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
$1,290
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,710
Direct expenses
$3,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Produce a short film to further develop my artistic resume in order to qualify for new opportunities. I am going to take time to explore and harness the imagery that would give my movie a distinct visual voice. This will be accomplished by innovating my use of lighting, developing collage techniques, exploiting celluloid film in a digital hybrid production, and cultivating fluency in the complementary aspects of sound and dialogue in relation to picture and motion. In order to determine if I have realized my proposed goals, I will have produced a new movie that has visually progressed from my previous works and updated my portfolio/work sample to reflect my current artistic abilities. The artistic accomplishment will rely on my own honest evaluation of my work, which will be informed by peer critique, audience response, and feedback from festival programmers and grants’ boards.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through this Career Development Grant I was afforded time and access to learn Adobe After Effects. During this time I produced a 70 min experimental/ambient video which was accompanied by a live score by RAW SPACE and performed in front of a live audience in Fitger's Barrel Room.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Nicholas
Last Name
Sunsdahl
Organization Name
Nicholas Sunsdahl
State
MN
Phone
(218) 780-4500
Email
nsunsdahl@gmail.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
Email the Agency
Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
Email the Agency