Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$417
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Arna E. Rennan
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2015
End Date
July 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist
Project Details
First, to have high quality professional photos taken for promo photos for me and my ensemble, Nordic Angst to use on a new website. Then I will hire an experienced web designer to create the website for my music.
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
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; 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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$417
Other Funds Leveraged
$773
Direct expenses
$1,190
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will use the website as a tool to inform a wide variety of organizers at performance venues, festivals and organizations about what I have to offer of music performances. It will facilitate PR for events with images for the creation of posters, informational articles and include enough biographical information for entertainment journalists to develop newspaper articles that describes my music. I will have the capacity to track the number of hits on the website. I will also compare the number of performance engagements secured after utilizing the website with the number of performances before having this tool. I anticipate an increase due to greater accessibility of information to interested organizers of events.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Arna
Last Name
Rennan
Organization Name
Arna E. Rennan
State
MN
Phone
(218) 525-4534
Email
arnarennan@msn.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
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Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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