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2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
John M. Akre
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Akre will create “Minneapolis Beneath the Asphalt,” an animated film about some of the hidden stories of the city's history. A public screening will take place at the 2016 MinnAnimate Festival.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Layla Dowlatshahi: Playwright and Arts Board grantee; writing instructor at Normandale Community College; Denise Fick: Artist Initiative grantee; illustrator/animator/graphic designer; Dain Ingebretson: Freelance teaching artist, writer, producer; Peter Nelson: Assistant professor of new media art at Saint Olaf; Kevin Obsatz: Filmmaker and video artist; Arts Board grantee; Frank Sander: Filmmaker and multimedia artist
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$607
Direct expenses
$10,607
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To create an animated film in collaboration with community members. By creating video documentation of the process, interviews, and the created video itself. 2: Engage over 100 people in the creation of a stop motion animated film. By creating video documentation of the process, interviews, and the created video itself.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Seven short videos were created in collaboration with over 700 community members. I filmed video showing the process of creating these videos, both with my video camera and through a Go Pro camera set on time lapse mode. This time lapse video because part of the projects, often appearing with the end credits. 2: Over 800 people were involved in the creation and presentation of Minneapolis Beneath the Asphalt. I created an on-going tick-mark tally in a journal as I observed and interacted with people at the events.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
John
Last Name
Akre
Organization Name
John M. Akre
State
MN
Phone
(612) 382-4873
Email
jakre@earthlink.net
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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