Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$610
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Joseph W. Baltich AKA Joe Baltich
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2018
End Date
December 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lake
St. Louis
Lake
St. Louis
Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Watercolor Technique and Advancement with Cathy Hearding.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Richard Colburn: photographer, retired professor of art at the University of Northern Iowa; Tim White: photographer, writer; Karen McManus: musician, administrator at Mesabi Symphony Orchestra: Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$610
Other Funds Leveraged
$470
Direct expenses
$1,080
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To improve and develop my watercolor style, particularly in the study of light and movement while furthering my ability to produce interesting, marketable, art under the guidance of a highly skilled mentor. The woman who would be tutoring me, Catherine Hearding, is an award-winning watercolorist in Minnesota as well as an established teacher. Her's is a style of which I am most interested in learning to supplement and broaden my abilities as an artist. I am a skilled acrylic painter having produced many commissioned works over the years. My evaluation/outcome is simple. I should leave these private lessons with higher confidence and a better end result in my own watercolor practice and techniques resulting in more salable works. I expect my sales of art and public interest in my work to increase. I am also very aware that this will not happen overnight but instead will be an ongoing development of my skills and style. The changes to my work will be subtle and improve with time and practice positively affecting the outcome of my future art.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I have developed increased confidence in water color plus learned a great deal from Catherine Hearding. The one-on-one private experience allowed me to take advantage of her expertise and ask questions and clarifications above and beyond a more typical, populated classroom setting. I can already see it in my greatly improved water color work post class and am not too far away from producing pieces for retail.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Joseph
Last Name
Baltich
Organization Name
Joseph W. Baltich
State
MN
Phone
(218) 365-5489
Email
intothebrush@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
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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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