Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Anthony P. Marchetti
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
June 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Marchetti will complete his photographic series titled “Paul,” based on his maternal grandmother's memories as a refugee at the end of World War II. The work will be shown in Minneapolis.
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
Hillary Berg: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Elizabeth Blair: Artist Initiative grantee in photography; professor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Luke Erickson: Photographer; consultant at Instinct Art Gallery; photo curator for the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography; Linda Gammell: Photographer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Peter Happel Christian: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; professor of integrated media at Saint Cloud State University; Suzanne Kosmalski: Installation artist and photographer; Arts Board grantee; Margaret Ojala: Photographer and professor of art, St Olaf College; Carrie Thompson: Studio manager for photographer Alec Soth; Arts Board grantee
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
$290
Direct expenses
$10,290
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will expand my use of the photographic image beyond documentary aesethetics to more narrative based work in order to complete my series Paul. The public's participation/insight at two in-progress presentations will provide critical feedback on my progress and inform the direction of this new work. 2: My project will engage the local arts community and general public. During the two in-progress presentations, I will collect visitor contact information and provide participants with a small print of works in progress.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Guided by feedback from the community, Marchetti changed how he uses photography, moving past the documentary aesthetic to more narrative based work. Through verbal feedback by colleagues and other art professionals at both in-progress critiques/exhibitions, successes and shortcomings of the body of work were highlighted. Based on suggestions from the public/community, my work shifted between the 1st and 2nd event. The feedback at the 2nd event illustrated the progress made between the two in-progress critiques/exhibitions.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Anthony
Last Name
Marchetti
Organization Name
Anthony P. Marchetti
State
MN
Phone
(651) 253-1364
Email
anthonypaulmarchetti@gmail.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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