Technology/Equipment Grant
Technology/Equipment Grant
Repair for my iMac and Macbook computers, and a professional grade Wacom digital drawing tablet.
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 Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Jon Brophy: lighting and costume designer; Ryuta Nakajima: professor of fine art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, visual artist; Amy Varsek: Education Director at Duluth Art Institute, visual artist.
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My goal is to increase the efficiency of my work time, and the overall quality of my work. I intend to do this by updating the tools that I have, and by purchasing higher quality, more current illustration equipment. My current iMac computer and MacBook laptop have become outdated and are hindering my efficiency. Over the past two years I have been self employed as a full-time freelance illustrator. However, I have recently started a full-time job and the time I have to work at home is limited. The 1-2 hours a day I have to dedicate to my freelance work is incredibly valuable, and nearly a third of it is eaten up by technical limitations. By acquiring new equipment and repairing what I already have, I will be able to make the most of my limited work time and take steps towards full-time freelance again. In September 2016 I signed on as a represented artist with Astound Agency in New York. I've had inadequate time to provide them with frequent new work. It is an integral part of my career that I am able to keep creating and sending them new work to maintain a portfolio for potential publishers and clients. With the new tools I seek, I am hoping to nearly double my current contributions to Astound. A tangible method for measuring the impact of this new equipment would be a new body of work for Astound, including 10-12 new illustrations over the next year to be presented for greeting cards, games, and media publications.
The measurable outcomes from my project would be the number of art pieces completed using my new technology and equipment. Rather than the 10-12 I hoped to add to my portfolio, I completed artwork for a 15 fabric line for Quilt Minnesota, 270 vector art pieces for a Legacy Toys card game, and am in the process of completing 33 illustrations for a children's book for Kwil Publishing.
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