Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Candace M. LaCosse
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
Completion of ready-to-wear handmade shoes and artist website. With this Career Development grant, I wish to obtain a run of shoe lasts needed to complete a run of ready-to-wear, original handmade shoes and complete a website to better showcase my work and broaden my audience.
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, Shannon Sweeney: stage manager for Duluth Playhouse and former production manager for the Minnesota Ballet; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,768
Direct expenses
$3,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

With this Career Development grant, I will be able to purchase a run of shoe lasts needed to complete a full line of original, handmade shoes and explore more possibilities of design and shoe construction, advancing my career as a leather artist. In addition to the lasts, I wish to use part of the funding to hire a website designer to help me create a website that will be used to showcase my work and highlight my unique craft. My goal is to create a full line of original shoe patterns, to complete original, one-of-a-kind shoes, and then work with a website designer to design a website that highlights my unique skills and craft, broadening my audience to a more national level.

Measurable Outcome(s)

With this career development grant, I was able to hire a web designer and photographer to develop a website as well as purchase shoe lasts and materials to make full sizes of handmade shoes.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Candace
Last Name
LaCosse
Organization Name
Candace M. LaCosse
State
MN
Phone
(906) 362-7104
Email
candace@hemlocksleather.com
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
Email the Agency
Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
Email the Agency