Technology/Equipment Grant

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,059

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Nicholas Sunsdahl

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2016

End Date

July 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Beltrami

Hennepin

Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details

Support to purchase a new computer for video editing, processing and rendering.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,059

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,536

Direct expenses

$2,595

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal is to purchase a new 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display to aid in editing, processing and rendering video. This will replace my out of date video editing computer. Once I have increased my computer processing ability and can sufficiently run Adobe After Effects and other Adobe Suite software in real time I will have met my goal. Improved work-flow is a realistic goal and is directly possible with a computer upgrade. I will be satisfied if I am able to make video art on this new computer for 4 years. In order to determine if I have realized my proposed goals, I will have created innovative visual progress from my previous works and updated my portfolio/work sample to reflect my current artistic abilities. The artistic accomplishment will rely on my own honest evaluation of my work, which will be informed by peer critique, audience response, and feedback from festival programmers and grants’ boards. Meeting the processing and rendering demands of video production will be a clear success.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I purchased a computer. I now have in my home studio a super computer capable of processing and rendering the high computing demand of video and animation that I work with in my art projects. Now I experience effortless workflow and also access to software previously unavailable to me.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Nicholas

Sunsdahl

Nicholas Sunsdahl

(218) 780-4500

nsunsdahl@gmail.com

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