Technology/Equipment Grant

My most motivating goal for the project I propose to undertake involves being able to create and construct a larger-scale installation with the help of a new computer. I propose to showcase the new work done with a proposed new computer at my studio in Ely, Minnesota. I have had success in the past at The Walker Art Center and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts using more elaborate, sprawling installations that used a combination of Photoshop-arranged stickers on paper, sound created through Garageband audio software program and video. These installations filled rooms as can be seen in my slides. My consummate goal from here into the future is to utilize and display more of these surrounding peripheral elements that make for more encompassing and multi-sensory exhibitions. More exhibitions in the future at large venues in Minnesota and beyond are another goal that I believe is possible with proposed funding and furthering the scale of my work. In regard to evaluating a larger shift in scale for my work, I propose to take images of work created with the proposed acquisition of a new computer and Photoshop editing and relay back to the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council in my final report. I have recently signed a purchase agreement on a new studio in Ely that is 2,000 square feet. I plan to exhibit the work created with Arrowhead Regional Arts Council funding there in the early summer (May/June) of 2017. I anticipate bigger work being created here in the future. Though having recent exhibitions in Hawaii, Kansas City and Spokane, my current list of upcoming shows has dwindled. However, this is usually the best time for many artists to make work and apply for future shows. Applications for the McKnight Artist Fellowship and several Twin Cities galleries will be a focus over the next year. I can respond in my final report to the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council about my search for exhibitions pending funding.