Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$98

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Emily A. Derke

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2015

End Date

July 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Hennepin

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

National Basketry Conference Attendance

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; David Beard: Assistant Professor 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; 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; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

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.

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

$98

Other Funds Leveraged

$282

Direct expenses

$380

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal of attending the National Basketry Organization conference is to learn new techniques in working with willow as a basketry material. The workshop I am registered for is a new style of basket for me, using the same kind of material I frequently work with. Getting to learn a new way of using willow will help me grow as a basket maker and understand how to better create functional work. A broader goal of mine is to attend more basketry classes and workshops in an effort gain new perspectives and ideas on how to effectively teach classes and create class formats that work for this skill set. Attending this conference will be an opportunity for me to participate in a class, as well as network and meet other basketry instructors and students. I will attend the National Basketry Organization conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota and complete a basket in the workshop that I am registered for. In doing this, I will learn new techniques that are applicable to my career path, and connect with and learn from other people that have chosen similar career path.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Attending National Basketry Organization conference.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Emily

Derke

Emily A. Derke

(763) 245-7050

EmilyDerke@hotmail.com

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