Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Michelle W. Wingard
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2017
End Date
February 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Wingard will print and frame the photographs from The Shape of Memory, a body of work about a farm field in Belgium where her grandfather?s plane crashed during World War II. A portion of the work will be exhibited at a World War II air show in greater Minnesota and at a pop-up exhibition at Fox Tax Gallery in Minneapolis.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Gloria Brush: Chair and professor of photography, University of Minnesota Duluth; Anna Eveslage: Photographer and filmmaker; Arts Board grantee; Terry Gydesen: Documentary photographer; Arts Board grantee; Alison Malone: Award-winning photographer; Areca Roe: Photographer and Arts Board grantee; University of Minnesota photography instructor; Laurie Schneider: Photographer specializing in fine art portraiture, art, weddings, and animals; Paul Wegner: Art department faculty teaching photography at Inver Hills Community College, Arts Board grantee

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To produce and frame fourteen large-scale finished prints from my photographic project The Shape of Memory. This work explores ephemeral and physical ways that memory exists as both story and object. Having the opportunity to produce and frame this project would have a profound effect on my artistic growth. 2: Two pop-up exhibitions. I will do two pop-up exhibitions meant to engage viewers who may not otherwise be exposed to art. I will also apply for larger exhibitions at galleries and museums once the work is completely produced.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Printed and framed 14 large-scale prints for exhibition renamed The Afterlife of Objects and Places. Producing this work was a monumental opportunity. This work has been shown at three venues so far and will be exhibited in July at the Hopkins Art Center. Realizing this project has expanded it into new installation and video-based directions as well. 2: One much longer gallery exhibition at Silverwood Park Gallery from Jan. eleven - Feb. 28th, 2018. See amendment for venue change - this exhibition exceeded my hopes for the two pop-up exhibitions. Silverwood draws those who would otherwise not have access to art. Several groups of veterans meet there too and the reach of the project was incredible.

Project Manager
First Name
Michelle
Last Name
Wingard
Organization Name
Michelle W. Wingard
State
MN
Phone
(612) 598-2894
Email
michellewestmark@gmail.com
Administered By
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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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