Career Development Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My goal is to produce 25 preliminary copies of a modest, black cloth hardcover book, 10" x 10" in dust jacket, of an estimated 50 pages. These I could make available to regional museum directors, curators, academic institutions, and past patrons of my work. I will secure the authorship of a foreword by Ann Klefstad, an eminent regional voice in the arts. The work itself will feature Kathleen Roberts' poetry alongside 20 of my duotone processed photographs. Measurable outcomes will include a detailed contact list of the book's recipients, and any ancillary materials garnered such as supplementary communications (i.e. thank yous, notice of receipt, etc.). Our project carries a rather evident measure of outcome: the planning and completion of the book as described. I will also collate various measures of evaluation such as press releases announcing the work's publication via the Duluth News Tribune, Minneapolis' City Pages, Star-Tribune, MNartists.org, and other media outlets. Record will be kept of invitations to broader distribution, as well as reviews, notices and the like.
While the Career Development grant was approved on June 29th, our project's change request was not approved until July 29th. Still, 21 authors were secured, Ann Klefstad authored a foreword, the book has been designed, proofs approved, pages printed, and now in the hands of its binder. The Duluth Art Institute has announced a launch with readings from the book on January 21st in conjunction with its annual member exhibition. Annie Dugan and I have also confirmed a broader exhibition in June 2016 of my images and contributor's texts in either the Steffl or Morrison galleries. I've arranged for the book's acceptance into the Duluth Public Library's Duluth Collection, created a website with links to each participant's websites, and have been cross-promoting their local appearances on a linked Facebook page.
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