Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,729
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Staci L. Drouillard
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2017
End Date
July 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Lake
Koochiching
St. Louis
Carlton
Itasca
Cook
Lake
Koochiching
St. Louis
Carlton
Itasca
Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Walking the Old Road: The Village of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa. A Community Historical Narrative

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Paula Gudmundson: Music professor at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Kayla Schubert: arts administrator, curatorial assistant; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Pamela Davis: artist, weaver, instructor.

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,729
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,551
Direct expenses
$7,280
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The project goal is to create a written community narrative utilizing interview material recorded primarily by the author, which will include accompanying photographs and other relevant historical resources. The University of Minnesota Press has offered a contract for publication of the work, with an end date of July 31, 2017. The writing process will begin in November of 2016 and continue through the contract end date. Grant funds are being requested for the final six months of the project. "Walking the Ol

Measurable Outcome(s)

With the financial support of ARAC, I was able to successfully complete the book manuscript outlined in my grant application prior to the July 31, 2017 target deadline and have submitted it to my editor at the University of Minnesota Press who reviewed the work in late summer. I have since completed his recommended edits and the manuscript is currently in the stage of faculty review, with the goal to have a completed and printed book sometime in 2018. Also, as a result of my work on this project, I participated as an evening presenter at North House Folk School's "Northern Stories Series" in January, of this year. I was also invited to participate in the event "Some Writers Reading," on March 25th at the Grand Marais Public Library, where I read a section of the manuscript as part of a group of local authors. Later in the year, I will be one of the writers featured at the "Local Writers Lunch Reading Panel" as part of the North Shore Readers and Writers Festival that takes place on November 3rd, 2017, here in Grand Marais. I've attached a promotional piece for this event, as part of the project report.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Staci
Last Name
Drouillard
Organization Name
Staci L. Drouillard
State
MN
Phone
(218) 387-3352
Email
lola@boreal.org
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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