Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Norah L. Shapiro
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Shapiro will create a new cut of her feature length documentary, Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile for broadcast television. She will also develop a discussion guide for educators. A public screening will take place at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; 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.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Melissa Brandt: Screenwriter; Michelle Brost: Freelance Animator; Santanu Chatterjee: Professor of cinema, Minneapolis Community and Technical College; Kevin Obsatz: Filmmaker and video artist; Jacob Swanson: Film-maker, installation artist and co-director of Ochre Ghost Art Gallery, Duluth; Maya Washington: Filmmaker, writer, performer, and arts educator
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,000
Direct expenses
$11,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Create a broadcast-hour cut of the film, create discussion guide, and re-design website in effort to reach the widest possible audience. Outcome will be evaluated for the broadcast cut and discussion guide by the responses we receive from sales agents, distributors, and broadcast programmers; the number of tickets sold at the public screening event; and number of visits to the re-designed website. 2: Create a broadcast-hour cut of the film, create discussion guide, and re-design website in effort to reach the widest possible audience. Programming of the broadcast hour cut by Minnesota television stations; Attendance numbers at the public screening/panel discussion.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Creation of broadcast cut and accompanying educational guide; update and redesign of website. 2: A broadcast cut was created, an accompanying discussion/curriculum guide was researched and developed, and the website updated and redesigned.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Norah
Last Name
Shapiro
Organization Name
Norah L. Shapiro
State
MN
Phone
(612) 296-8144
Email
sojo1@mac.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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