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Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ernest R. Gillman
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Steele
Washington
Hennepin
Ramsey
Steele
Washington
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Gillman will create a series of twelve to fifteen drawings that capture Minnesotans going about their daily work and routines. The work will be displayed at a Minnesota gallery in late 2016.
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; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Zoe Adler: Gallery director, Highpoint Center for Printmaking; Keya Ganguly: Professor of cultural studies and comparative literature, University of Minnesota; Lori Greene: Artist and owner of Mosaic on a Stick; John Larson: Ceramic artist; Sonja Peterson: Independent artist; Lynette Power: Bronze and clay sculptor; public artist; Don Sherman: Artist, educator, photographer; mentors program coordinator, Southwest Minnesota State University
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist will present a new series of drawings that will be open to the public in a number of different venues which include galleries, hospitals, and summer festivals. By the interest the drawings generate. I have four drawings in the series completed and already have two galleries committed to giving me shows when the series is completed I will continue to approach galleries over the next sixteen months.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Along with the gallery shows, the state fair, the summer festivals, I explored the moods and movement of the human figure. I evolved as an artist. I talked with many people about this series and observed many people viewing the work. Whether they were viewing a scene of a birthday party, a bar room at lunch time, or doing some construction work, they talked about having been there or done that. So not only were the galleries interested in what I was drawing, but from my own observations, so was the general public.

Description of Funds
Project Manager
First Name
Ernest
Last Name
Gillman
Organization Name
Ernest R. Gillman
State
MN
Phone
(612) 388-0418
Email
ermgillman@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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