Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,353
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rebecca S. Rahn AKA Becka Rahn
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Rahn will produce a collection of wearable art using digital surface design techniques that respond to “forgotten” artwork at the Hennepin History Museum and Minnesota Transportation Museum. An exhibition and workshop will be held at the Hennepin History
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
Pamela Davis: Visual artist who combines weaving, metalsmithing, beading, and needlework; Paige Guggemos: Freelance graphic and web designer; printmaker; Andrew Messerschmidt: Painter; Julie Sirek: Visual artist; Eun-Kyung Suh: Art and design professor, University of Minnesota Duluth; Liza Sylvestre: Visual artist and educator; Willicey Tynes: Oil painter and sculptor
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
$8,353
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,100
Direct expenses
$9,453
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The artist will gain solo exhibition experience and expand her audience through exhibition and workshop activities. The artist will successfully present the exhibition; track visitors, workshop participants and online audience; collect observational and survey data; track online sharing; collect contact info for future events; and document exhibition and response. 2: Workshop participants will interact with forgotten museum art in a meaningful way by creating an artistic response. The artist and museum staff will collect observational data through conversation, and online and in-person comments with participants about their work and the process. Each participant will successfully create a digital fabric design to take away.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The artist successfully presented a solo exhibition and expanded her audience through exhibition and workshop activities. Evaluation for this outcome was all through observation and data collection. Solo exhibition experience was achieved through the successful installation and presentation of an exhibition. The exhibition is on display January-April 2017. Expanded audience was tracked through increased website and social media traffic, people added to mailing list and social media following and in person attendance at workshops and opening event. 2: Workshop participants interacted with and were inspired by forgotten museum art and each created an artistic response. Evaluation for this outcome was through observation and data collection. Participants photographed and shared their work on social media and commented on the experience. Museum staff has collected comments about the exhibition and have had requests for additional workshops and activities. Each participant completed a design and received a swatch of fabric.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Rebecca
Last Name
Rahn
Organization Name
Rebecca S. Rahn AKA Becka Rahn
State
MN
Phone
(612) 965-0771
Email
beckarahn@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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