Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$888

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Sheila M. Yrjanainen

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

In Progress

Start Date

November 2014

End Date

December 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Itasca

Aitkin

Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

Project Details

I am working on building a body of work and exhibiting that work. My project is to purchase an up to date computer, software and printer/scanner/fax. This proposed funding from Arrowhead Regional Arts Council will allow me to meet current and future goals.

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

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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 Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$888

Other Funds Leveraged

$592

Direct expenses

$1,480

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to acquire a computer and printer. I am having great difficulty doing anything without modern equipment. I live in a rural area, 25 miles from the nearest city. I need the ability to e-mail, fax or print in order to apply for exhibitions and get my work out to the public. Currently, I have to go to my neighbors to print anything or drive at least 25 miles. The preferred method of delivery for the MacRostie Art Center is electronic. I had to drive the 120 miles (round trip) and hand deliver my application due to my lack of technology. The outcome of having an up to date computer/fax/scanner/printer would be me having the ability to get my work out to more places and have more opportunities in this technological world.Purchase of a computer, software and printer/scanner/fax. The outcome is having modern equipment to enable me to keep working.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Sheila

Yrjanainen

Sheila M. Yrjanainen

(218) 427-2391

yrjsheila@hotmail.com

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