Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Megan E. Vossler
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2013
End Date
December 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Vossler will create a new series of drawings for a solo exhibition at Bethel University in St Paul. An artist talk and other public events will accompany the exhibition.
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
Frank Byrns: Sculptor, Duluth; Eric Crosby: Assistant curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center; David Glenn: Executive director, The Minnesota Project. Arts administrator, artist, and arts advocate.; Kelley Meister: Multimedia artist and educator; Ernest Miller: Ceramic artist; Satoko Muratake: Artist and landscape designer; John Sterner: Sculptor, painter, arts educator; Nicole Volk: Art educator, Waterville School District
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$950
Direct expenses
$10,950
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Take time to create a new body of work, install exhibition at Bethel University, and participate in artist talk and other events for the public at the exhibition. The successful completion of a body of new work for this exhibition, and its installation at Bethel, will mark the achievement of this specific career goal. The public events will help me to learn from the audience's response to the work. 2: Seek out professional framing/mounting/preparation of artwork and documentation of artwork and exhibitions for career development purposes. Professional framing or other presentation of the work will result in a cohesive exhibition. Professional documentation of the exhibition will result in promotional images to share with curators and gallerists after the show, to advance my career.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I created eighteen new drawings for this exhibition. I gave a public artists talk, and answered questions at the opening reception, and conducted critiques with Bethel's senior art majors in November 2013. 2: I was able to have all 18 new drawings professionally framed and delivered to and from Bethel. I had each drawing professionally documented and made a new, updated website.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Megan
Last Name
Vossler
Organization Name
Megan E. Vossler
State
MN
Phone
(612) 232-3631
Email
mail@meganvossler.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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