Quick Start Grants - Individuals

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$415
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Bonita L. DuFresne AKA Bonnie DuFresne
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2017
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Quick Start Grants - Individuals

Project Details

Framing artwork for February exhibit at The First Stage Gallery

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; 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

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician.

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 Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$415
Other Funds Leveraged
$585
Direct expenses
$1,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal is to frame 15 paintings for exhibit. The outcome is to meet the schedule for individual artists exhibit opportunity at The First Stage Gallery on February 2nd. The project will be successful when 15 new works are framed and on exhibit at The First Stage Gallery along with previous unexhibited work. This exhibit will be publicized through the gallery and the audience will be measured through signatures in the gallery guest book.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Bonita
Last Name
DuFresne
Organization Name
Bonita L. DuFresne AKA Bonnie DuFresne
State
MN
Phone
(218) 780-5015
Email
bootsie759@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

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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