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Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Alberto Justiniano
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
February 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Justiniano will create The Lesson a short narrative film about an undocumented immigrant man who refuses to be defined by his job, and discovers his true calling. He will screen the film at El Centro, a Minneapolis social service agency that serves new immigrants.
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
$4,450
Direct expenses
$14,450
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Create a new body of work that aligns closely to subject matters that are dear to my heart and will allow me to stretch my writing and directorial skills. Producing an artistically sound short film that I feel provided artistic growth. Having a finish film that I am proud of and I can use it as a calling card of sort to continue my career. 2: I plan to have several local screening at El Centro and or Neighborhood House to show my film to members of the Latino and broader communities. A question and answer session will follow the premier. I will be successful if I am able to reach 50 to 100 audience members to give me feedback on the film. I also plan to submit the film to local film festival and if possible to Minneapolis Television Network/Twin Cities Public Television festival.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The project successfully represents a new culturally-specific work for the Latino community that has helped the artist grow in his field.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Alberto
Last Name
Justiniano
Organization Name
Alberto Justiniano
State
MN
Phone
(651) 246-2593
Email
al@teatrodelpueblo.org
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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msab@arts.state.mn.us
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