Artist Initiative

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

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Shaker will prepare for exhibition a new series of photographs and moving images exploring themes of home, homeland, and intergenerational memory.

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

John Akre: Animator, videomaker and photographer; teaches animation at Hamline University; Priscilla Briggs: Photography and digital art professor at Gustavus Adolphus; Gregory Harp: Photographer; Tuckaghrie Hollingsworth: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Suzanne Legatt: Artist and community organizer; Carla Rodriguez: Fine artist and photographer; Aki Shibata: Photographer and intallation artist

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
$13,094
Direct expenses
$23,094
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Prepare new photographic work addressing home, homeland, and intergenerational memory for exhibition, artist talk and catalogue. This outcome will be evaluated based on attendance and audience response to the exhibition, artist presentation and show catalogue.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Prepared new photographic work addressing home, homeland and intergenerational memory for exhibition, artist talk and catalog. Successful production of a series of still and moving images, written work and show catalog 'on bayt' (on home) addressing home, homeland and intergenerational memory. The exhibition was well-attended and the exhibition/catalog was very well-received.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Andrea
Last Name
Shaker
Organization Name
Andrea R. Shaker
State
MN
Phone
(612) 821-1341
Email
ashaker@csbsju.edu
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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