Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Paul D. Shambroom
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2018
End Date
June 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Morrison
Redwood
Stearns
Winona
Hennepin
Morrison
Redwood
Stearns
Winona
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Shambroom will photograph, and prepare for exhibition and publication, his project, Past Time, which contrasts notions of the "Good Old Days" with contemporary America through original photographs and found images. Shambroom's work in progress will be shown and discussed in a public program at the Weisman Art Museum 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. Chair, 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. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Donald Clark: Professor of photography, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Terry Gydesen: Documentary photographer; Arts Board grantee; John Matsunaga: Visual artist; instructor at U of M; Robert Richter: Documentary and portrait photographer; Arts Board grantee; Jon Solinger: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Gary Wahl: Photographer, sculptor, and restaurant developer; Michelle Wingard: Photographer; professor at Bethel; Arts Board grantee

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

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$25,031
Direct expenses
$35,031
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will integrate my artistic practice with my curiosity about American culture and values, reflecting on an idealized American past through images. I will judge this outcome by the degree of interest and engagement this work garners outside of strictly art contexts (via personal response, social, broadcast and print media). 2: I will integrate original and found photographs, bridging my previous social-documentary photography with more recent exploration of sourced images. I will meet with colleagues, curators and other arts professionals to discuss the progress of this new combined approach.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I integrated my artistic practice with my curiosity about American culture and values, reflecting on an idealized American past through images. There has been a positive reaction to the ideas I am exploring, based on conversations in the communities where I photographed and relationships I developed. I will be better able to evaluate this impact when the project is released in book and exhibition 2: I integrated original and found photographs, bridging my previous social-documentary photography with more recent exploration of sourced images. I met with colleagues, curators and other arts professionals to discuss the progress of this new combined approach. I received very positive feedback.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Shambroom
Organization Name
Paul D. Shambroom
State
MN
Phone
(612) 922-3224
Email
pshambro@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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