Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Allison L. Bolah
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2014
End Date
February 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Bolah will expand Tell Me About Your Mother, a multimedia, print, and text series built from filmed interviews that explore how subtle expressions shape narrative meaning. The resulting exhibition will take place in diverse, community-based venues in Minnesota.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Melissa Brandt: Screenwriter; Michelle Brost: Freelance Animator; Santanu Chatterjee: Professor of cinema, Minneapolis Community and Technical College; Kevin Obsatz: Filmmaker and video artist; Jacob Swanson: Film-maker, installation artist and co-director of Ochre Ghost Art Gallery, Duluth; Maya Washington: Filmmaker, writer, performer, and arts educator
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

This project extends my investigations of language and how we create complex worlds of relationships and meaning out of the minutest information. Completion of seven or more new pieces solidifies the body of work I aim to show at Minnesota art galleries. I will seek artist talk opportunities at Minnesota colleges and art centers in conjunction with exhibition to engage ideas examined in the series. 2: Ideally, I will show and discuss this work in public Minnesota venues that are geared toward audiences that, like my sitters, reflect Minnesota's diversity. I am at the beginning of my career as an artist; though I have had rich learning experiences in my Masters of Fine Arts studies here in Minnesota, a solo show and an artist talk at a local college will provide me with valuable professional experience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Allison solidified Tell Me About Your Mother’s concepts, discussed its details at MCTC, and showed the expanded work at Third Place Gallery and MCAD. 2: Tell Me About Your Mother gallery/artist talks at Third Place Gallery and MCTC engaged diverse Minnesota viewers and grew Allison’s professional experience.

Description of Funds
Project Manager
First Name
Allison
Last Name
Bolah
Organization Name
Allison L. Bolah
State
MN
Phone
(612) 321-8118
Email
abolah@mcad.edu
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
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