Individual Artist Fellowship Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,780

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Anthony W. Ferguson

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

In Progress

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

March 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Individual Artist Fellowship Grant

Project Details

Craft: Portable High Fire Kiln Project

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

Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of the Duluth Art Institute; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Linda Grover: Professor of American Indian Studies, published author; Kathy McTavish: Cellist, video artist; Karen Sunderman: filmmaker, producer of WDSE Public Television; Crystal Pelkey: Theater actor, director, manager.

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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,780

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,220

Direct expenses

$5,000

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Goals are to complete the following stages of development within the grant period: 1. Conceptual design sketches/models. Measurable Outcome: Were sketches made? 2. Create card board or other material for basic model: Measurable Outcome: Was a model made? 3. Making alterations to model. Measurable Outcome: Were there alterations made to improve the model? 4. Fabricating model. Measurable Outcome: Was the model fabricated? 5. Attaching fiber with fasteners. Measurable Outcome: Were fasteners used to attach the fiber to the kiln wall? 6. Test Firing – Monitoring temperature rise, fall, holding, heatwork in upper temperature ranges, documentation. Measurable Outcome: Was a test firing completed? Is the kiln easy to move? Does the design necessitate ease of function/firing? Does the kiln reach the required temperature in a reasonable and efficient amount of time? Does the kiln cool properly or will it required to be fired down? Does the kiln require any modifications for improvement?

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Anthony

Ferguson

Anthony W. Ferguson

(218) 260-5196

fergyart@yahoo.com

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