McKnight Fellowship

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ann Klefstad
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Hennepin
Lake
St. Louis
Cook
Hennepin
Lake
St. Louis
Project Overview

McKnight Fellowship

Project Details

Spend a year working on integrating my water related artwork and creating 4 to 6 large scale works that will be part of an installation exhibition at Gallery 13 and potentially other venues.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Josh Aerie: orchestra conductor, cellist, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Ken Bloom: Director Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: Masters of Art in English and American Literature, actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator, MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Brian Carlson: Executive Director of Grand Rapids Showboat; Mary McReynolds: Director of Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance, Virginia; Rebecca Peterson: Executive Director of Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra; John Gregor: photographer, community education advocate; Brian Lukasavitz: artist based attorney, musician, theater artist; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,650
Direct expenses
$5,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Produce multiple artworks with the nature of water as their focus that will successfully communicate about the nature of fresh water entities such as Lake Superior.Solicit studio visits from curators and critics to build knowledge of how work is communication and develop the work using this feedback.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Ann
Last Name
Klefstad
Organization Name
Ann Klefstad
State
MN
Phone
(218) 393-9149
Email
annklefstad@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
Email the Agency
Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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