Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,791
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Benjamin Braff
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2018
End Date
July 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Itasca
Itasca
Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details

Analog film camera and support equipment.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; 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; Amy Varsek: Education Director at Duluth Art Institute, visual artist; Greg Mueller: sculptor.

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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,791
Other Funds Leveraged
$519
Direct expenses
$2,310
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to return to my first love, film photography, and discover a format that is new to me, the medium format of photography allowing a different quality and perspective to my craft. Since leaving film behind in 2007 and working in digital, more often with digital video, I've noticed a distinct shift in my creative energy and I long to return to film while also exloring new formats. My desireable outcome is to purchase an analog film camera, supplies, and support equipment for my artistic work to enable a return to film photography and to explore the medium size format. My plan is to rediscover film photography and how I see the world (and how it photographs differently) through the medium format after locating the right camera in my budget range.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Arts production equipment was purchased to help my artistic career and ability grow. I have returned to film photography and started working in a new film format. I have already noticed a shift in my image making process.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Benjamin
Last Name
Braff
Organization Name
Benjamin Braff
State
MN
Phone
(424) 262-5474
Email
benjaminbraff@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
Email the Agency