Quick Start Grants

We want to reach as many people as possible with our message about the importance of managing our natural resources. This zine brings awareness to great lakes conservation by creating a diverse visual representations of lake sturgeon by artists, supported with text from researchers, historians and poets. It fosters a community of artists, scientists and others interested in aquatic conservation. The zine contains all this content in a compact and transportable format which will allow it to be shared and examined repeatedly by owners. A receipt of printing costs is a very general outcome measure, but more importantly, the success of this project can be measured by the number of zines that are given to attendees and general public in proportion of this project. It was such a success at a previous, much shorter exhibition that we are requesting money to print an updated edition with a color cover and added content from scientists and conservationists from Minnesota Sea Grant and UMD. My collaborator and I will measure the success of the project by the number of printed zines that are given away at receptions for the exhibition, with the understanding that each copy transferred to an exhibition attendee will exist beyond the conclusion of the supporting exhibition. The zine will contain content in a compact and transportable format which will allow it to be shared and examined repeatedly by owners long into the future.