Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$293

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Trudy J. Vrieze

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2014

End Date

December 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

My project will consist of framed photos hanging on display at a local coffee shop.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: student of Art Education at University of Minnesota-Duluth, ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Conflict of Interest Contact

Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Robert DeArmond (218) 722-0952

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$293

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,070

Direct expenses

$1,363

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I use photography as a means of breaking a chaotic world into small and noticeable pieces, so as to allow that which would otherwise be lost to be viewed. I primarily photograph animals of many species, and it is through these photos that I invite the viewer to see the emotions and consciousness of every living creature.The Perk Place Coffeehouse and Bakery owner estimates more than 3000 people will pass through the coffee shop in the 30 days that the exhibit is hanging. And of these, approx. 750 to1000 of them will be new customers. This is the number of people who will have an opportunity to have their perspectives changed through these photographs.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Per the owners of Perks Place Coffee Shop and Bakery, where the photo exhibit was displayed, the number of people served was above the usual because of the display hanging during the holiday hours. Although the agreement was for the display to come down on December 12, 2014, the owners of the coffee shop requested that it remain hanging for another month, as the customers were enthusiastically engaged in viewing and discussing the photos.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Trudy

Vrieze

Trudy J. Vrieze

(218) 348-9114

trudy@vriezephotography.com

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