Artist Initiative
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lynn E. Speaker-Epping AKA Lynn Speaker
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
February 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Hennepin
Lake
Ramsey
St. Louis
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Speaker will create a new body of process-based drawings. The drawings will be based on her experiences in nature combined with experimental materials and techniques. She will exhibit her work during Art-A-Whirl in May and later in the year in Grand Marais.
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
Marion Angelica: Ceramic artist; former director of Metropolitan Regional Arts Council; Amy Cass: Professional ceramicist.; Anne Dugan: Arts administrator, visual arts, festival coordinator, new media arts; Paige Guggemos: Freelance graphic and Web designer; printmaker; Lindsay Kandler: Freelance graphic, textile and apparel designer.; Katrina Knutson: Working Artist, Freelance Educator, and Community Organizer; Margaret Pezalla-Granlund: Artist and Curator of Library Art and Exhibitions, Carleton College
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year
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)
Two community-based exhibitions, one in Minneapolis the other in Grand Marais focusing on the development of experimental, process-based drawings. The project will be successful if I complete the research, development, documentation, and exhibition proposed. The artist and viewers will evaluate the completed work through project exhibition attendance and discussion.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Lynn Speaker completed 2D and 3D process-based artworks using experimental techniques which were exhibited at Art-A-Whirl and the Grand Marais Art Colony.
Description of Funds
Project Manager
First Name
Lynn
Last Name
Speaker-Epping
Organization Name
Lynn E. Speaker-Epping AKA Lynn Speaker
State
MN
Phone
(612) 281-8290
Email
lynn.speaker@gmail.com
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