Quick Start Grants

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$265

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Jean M. Sramek AKA Jean Sramek

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

September 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Ramsey

Carlton

Project Overview

Quick Start Grants

Project Details

Travel support to attend screenwriting class at IFP Minnesota in St Paul.

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; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; 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; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; 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.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$265

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,025

Direct expenses

$1,290

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

After completing Elements of Screenwriting at IFP, I will be better prepared to transition from playwriting to screenwriting. I will have the tools, skills and vocabulary to work more effectively on my current project. I will take instruction from a respected and accomplished screenwriter. This course will also have a positive influence on my work as a playwright and my ability to create narratives. If the pilot episode results in a series, I will have the opportunity for growth as a screenwriter and to work in collaboration with other writers. Work done in the IFP course will be evaluated by the instructor and other members of the class. In my current project, progress will be measured by improvement in written drafts of the pilot episode, and will be evaluated by the filmmakers. Drafts at each stage of production will also be shared with fellow writers, and input will be sought from them.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Complete "Elements of Screenwriting Class" at IFP Minnesota. Gain and understanding of the structure, narrative techniques and formatting of basic screenwriting. Apply skills to current project, pilot for web series "Old Lifty."

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Jean

Sramek

Jean M. Sramek AKA Jean Sramek

(218) 390-3337

jean.sramek@gmail.com

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