Artist Initiative
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Zahra Tafarrodi AKA Niccu Tafarrodi
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Tafarrodi will create a miniature diorama of Tachara Hall in Persepolis, Iran. She will exhibit this new work along with 30 related works as part of her first solo exhibition in Minneapolis at the Quarter Gallery on the University of Minnesota’s campus.
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Moira Bateman: Contemporary visual artist, utilizing mixed media and fiber to create sculptural and site-specific art; Elizabeth Devine: Jewelry designer and lettering artist, Southeastern Minnesota Visual Artists co-op board member; Justine Di Fiore: Hospital worker and visual artist; Andrew Maus: Executive Director, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona; Daniel Mondloch: Painter, muralist, and art teacher; Asako Nakauchi: Sculptor and installation artist, instructor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Jessica Shaykett: Librarian, American Craft Council; Frederick Somers: Award-winning pastel artist and painter, art instructor; Liza Sylvestre: Visual artist and educator
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,500
Direct expenses
$11,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
The artist will present a new, ambitious work alongside a series of 30 other works at her first solo exhibition. The outcome will be a successful exhibition and related gallery event, Art and Healing: A Conversation With Niccu Tafarrodi, which the local community will attend. 2: The artist will work with a master craftsman to create a more architecturally, ambitious diorama and learn new techniques to emulate stone facades. The outcome will be an accumulation of new knowledge about architectural modeling and sculptural surface treatments.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The success was having 200 people come and a City Pages article published about the event. One can measure the outcome in number of attendees and words in the guestbook and published words.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Project Manager
First Name
Zahra
Last Name
Tafarrodi
Organization Name
Zahra Tafarrodi AKA Niccu Tafarrodi
State
MN
Phone
(763) 529-5367
Email
niccuta@gmail.com
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