Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Adam Booker
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2016
End Date
March 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
Presentation of Double Bass Techniques of the Early Jazz Era at 2016BASSEURO Conference.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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 for North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, 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, 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 for North Shore Music Association, writer; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of the Duluth Art Institute; Kristina Estell: visual artist specializing in large-scale installations; Crystal Detlefsen: sound engineer, photographer, KUWS radio host; Summer Scharringhausen: program manager at MacRostie Art Center.
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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,650
Direct expenses
$5,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this project is to present research of African-American bassists from 1900-1936 who helped in the early development of jazz. The research will be presented in a multi-media lecture with live musical accompaniment at the 2016 European Bass Conference at the Hudební fakulta Akademie múzických umení v Praze Conservatory in Prague, Czech Republic. The outcome of this project will hopefully be further research and performance opportunities with double bassists in Europe. Further collaboration in research and performance with double bassists in Europe can be measured by increased frequency in future travel plans to conferences in Europe and the possibility of hosting European bassists in the Arrowhead region.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Adam
Last Name
Booker
Organization Name
Adam Booker
State
MN
Phone
(512) 644-4691
Email
abooker@d.umn.edu
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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Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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