Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$293

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Jeffrey S. Kalstrom

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2014

End Date

September 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Chisago

Hennepin

Ramsey

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

My sculpture the house in the shape of a dog's head is nearing completion at Franconia Sculpture Park. The work is a small but human sized studio and living space. In fabricating the sculpture I have developed ideas for performances in which I inhabit the house and engage with visitors. In the performance I will adopt the persona of an artist obsessed with dogs and the philosophy of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Diogenes. While preforming I will create paintings of dogs and talk to visitors about dogs, tiny houses and philosophy. For this project I will set up a special painting station, and clotheslines in the backyard of the house to display the paintings.

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

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

$457

Direct expenses

$750

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I want to develop a live interactive performance that is entertaining and thought provoking. My goal for this performance is that the visitors will have an expanded idea of: what art can be, how art can impact how we live, and how creativity came become an everyday activity. The primary measurable outcome will be how engaged and excited the visitors seem to be after each performance. Another measurable outcome would be the publicity the project might receive in the media.After each performance I will ask myself the following questions. Public interaction: Does the public seem both interested and amused by my theatrical persona? Which aspects of the performance works best? How long do the average person engage with me and the work? Does anyone return for a second visit on a following weekend? How do adults and children react differently to the project? Personal response: Do I feel comfortable with the character I develop? Are the paintings I have made while engaged with the public interesting? What could I do to prepare myself for this role better? What changes should I make?

Measurable Outcome(s)

I met and spoke to hundreds of people while doing my performances in "The Dog House." Their reactions where positive, enthusiastic, and heartwarming.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Jeffrey

Kalstrom

Jeffrey S. Kalstrom

(218) 310-8411

jkalstrom@gmail.com

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