Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Karen E. Sherman
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2013
End Date
February 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Dakota
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Sherman will create One with Others, a dance/performance work that uses choreography, text, and scrap lumber to explore biography, communication, self-determination, and desire. Public performances will take place at Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kenna Cottman Sarge: Artistic director, Voice of Culture Drum and Dance; Penelope Freeh: Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and writer; Matthew Gasper: Master teacher, Gasper's School of Dance and Performing Arts, Fargo/Moorhead; Julie Kerr-Berry: Dance program director and professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Melissa Rolnick: Assistant professor of dance, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter; Sally Rousse: Dancer and choreographer, James Sewell Ballet; Joan Smith: Choreographer; artistic director of Shapiro and Smith Dance; Tri Sutrisno: Dance director, Sumunar Dance Ensemble; dancer and instructor, specializing in the dances of Indonesia; Taja Will: Codirector, TAJIMdances and the Ready At Will Dance Collective; dancer, choreographer and instructor
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,300
Direct expenses
$20,300
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Via workshops and shows, artists will work within and outside of their disciplines, using word as gesture, dance as sculpture, and carpentry as poetics. By the contributing original material to a dance-based work that incorporates text and objects; by stepping outside of primary fields - whether we keep all the material we made or not - the process and product count equally. 2: Participating artists come from different fields, bringing their own audience to the performances and public engagement activities. Ticket sales, workshops and related activities will provide direct interaction with audiences. The activities will also generate objects, choreography and written accounts by those who interact with this project, leaving a legacy of involvement.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through workshops, work parties, rehearsals and shows, the artists involved worked within and outside of our disciplines, using dance, writing, music, singing, carpentry and more. Virtually everyone on this project worked in multiple artistic disciplines. 2: I fundraised, organized and production-managed this ensemble work that has and will travel in a six-city, national tour, with additional dates pending as of this writing.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Karen
Last Name
Sherman
Organization Name
Karen E. Sherman
State
MN
Phone
(917) 374-7627
Email
kesksay@earthlink.net
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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