Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Toni N. Gallo
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2019
End Date
February 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Gallo will create paintings exploring consciousness and offer meditation sessions as an exhibition in Minneapolis, connecting audience to art by sharing personal practice methods and creating unique space for discourse.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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

Mica Lee Anders: Visual artist and educator; women's writing program coordinator, COMPAS; Kenneth Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum; Ann Klefstad: Artist and writer; Arts Board grantee; Alexander Lindsay: Mixed media artist; Kathryn Nobbe Bergmann: Visual artist; Arts Board grantee; Christopher Rackley: Visual artist; Arts Board grantee and Art(ists) on the Verge fellow; Laura Youngbird: Art instructor and cultural counselor.

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

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$12
Direct expenses
$10,012
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist deepens community engagement by introducing meditation to the art space to enhance and compliment exhibition experience for participants. Artist evaluation of project outcome will be documentation of attendance, the artist's ability to secure future opportunities and collaborations, as well as providing an anonymous feedback survey to strengthen the project.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist deepens community engagement by introducing meditation to the art space to enhance and compliment exhibition experience for participants. Artist evaluation was done by documenting attendance, direct feedback during events and developing relationships towards opportunities through the platform of this exhibition and experiential engagement through meditation and sound components.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Project Manager
First Name
Toni
Last Name
Gallo
Organization Name
Toni N. Gallo
State
MN
Phone
(612) 327-6681
Email
tngallo@hotmail.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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