Artist Initiative

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

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Miller will build a kiln and create a body of work responding to the new firing environment. An exhibition of finished work and artist talk will be held at a regional art gallery.

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

Guillermo Guardia: Sculptor; works in collections in North Dakota and Peru; Karissa Isaacs: Associate curator, Tweed Museum Duluth; Mary Beth Magyar: Sculptor; Arts Board grantee; Roderick Massey: Artist; Melanie Pankau: Artist and arts administrator; Arts Board grantee; Jane Powers: Mixed media sculptor and public art artist; Reed White: Painter and instructor; Arts Board grantee

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
$2,625
Direct expenses
$12,625
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist will build a kiln and create new work responding to the new firing environment. The outcome will be evaluated by exhibiting the finished work from the constructed kiln. 2: Artist will share creative and technical insight in an artist talk at a gallery exhibition opening. The outcome will be evaluated by documenting the number of attendees at the artist talk and exhibition opening.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist built a kiln and made a body of work responding to the new firing environment. Artist held and online exhibition and sale of new work. 2: Artist posted images and technical informatin on their website. The outcome was evaluated by the number of customers visiting the sight for the online exhibition.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Ernest
Last Name
Miller
Organization Name
Ernest L. Miller
State
MN
Phone
(612) 386-2291
Email
emillerceramics@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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