Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Elizabeth M. Torres AKA Elizabeth Horneber
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Blue Earth
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Horneber will work with a mentor on the revision of her first book length collection of essays. A panel reading and discussion about the intersections of the personal and the public will be held in Mankato.

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

Rebecca Brooks: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Scott Carpenter: Fiction writer; teacher at Carleton; Martin Cozza: Fiction writer; Arts Board grantee; Margaret Newman: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Cole Perry: Northern Minnesota novelist; Robin Rozanski: Writer; teaching artist at The Loft; Molly Sutton Kiefer: Poet, essayist, editor and publisher of Tinderbox Editions in Red Wing

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650

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
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will work with a mentor on the revision of my first book-length collection of essays and host a panel reading and discussion. This project will be considered successful when I've reworked my manuscript using feedback from a mentor and when I've held the panel reading/discussion.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Elizabeth Horneber worked with a mentor on the revision of her first book-length collection of essays and hosted a reading featuring local writers. This project can be evaluated as successful based on the completion of a community event featuring local writers and revisions made to Horneber's manuscript utilizing feedback from Patricia Weaver Francisco.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Project Manager
First Name
Elizabeth
Last Name
Horneber
Organization Name
Elizabeth M. Horneber
State
MN
Phone
(507) 779-6198
Email
lissahorneber@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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