Technology/Equipment Grant
Technology/Equipment Grant
I request support for an abrasive miter saw, an essential tool for my sculpture studio practice.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; 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 Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
David Dobbs: visual artist, education coordinator at MacRostie Art Center; Wendy Durrwachter: composer, arranger, pianist; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children’s Theatre employee; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
With the support of the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Grant, my Project Goal includes the purchase an abrasive miter cut chop saw, to help facilitate the creation of a new large-scale outdoor sculpture. The work will be installed on adjacent outdoor space next to my studio on Scenic Highway 61. The outcome of this goal will be the unveiling of this new work and concurrently the exposure of my studio practice to visitors of the 2019 Art Along the Lake Studio Tour on Lake Superior’s North Shore. The abrasive saw will also support my full-time studio practice with an essential piece of high quality safe operating metal fabrication equipment. My Evaluation Plan is composed of two Project Goals. 1. The first goal is to integrate an Abrasive Miter Chop Saw, an essential piece of metal fabrication equipment into my studio. This saw will facilitate the construction of a new large-scale outdoor sculpture (as well as future works) based on my current research of reclaiming metals as the primary material to create sculpture that invites viewer participation. 2. The second goal is to install this work in a developing outdoor sculpture venue. Because my studio sits adjacent to North Shore Scenic route, my work can become accessible to a wide range of North Shore tourism. The Methods to Measure the Grant Project: 1. The outcome of having this tool in my studio will be measured by virtue of a safe and accurate fabrication process bringing a new work into fruition for Fall 2019 Art Along the Lake Tour. 2. Another measurable outcome will be to tally the attendance of visitors during the 2019 Art Along the Lake Studio Tour.
OUTCOMES Methods to Measure the Grant Project : 1. The outcome of having this tool in my studio will be measured by virtue of a safe and accurate fabrication process bringing a new work into fruition for Fall 2019 Art Along the Lake Tour. 2. Another measurable outcome will be to tally the attendance of visitors during the 2019 Art Along the Lake Studio Tour. RESULTS: 1. I created (7) new works over the Grant period using the new saw equipment. (6) of the pieces were featured on my studio property for Art Along the Lake, the 8th piece was exhibited at the 2019 G Marais Art Colony Membership Exhibit. This work, "Sunrise Paints the Sky" is currently installed temporarily on a public patio outside Yellow Bird Fine Arts in downtown G Marais. 2. Tally for the ten day Art Along the Lake Studio tour averaged 35-49 visitors to my studio per day. The largest total was Saturday Sept 28 with 56 visitors.
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