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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Robert C. Maher AKA Bobby Maher
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Maher will create a series of media-specific promotional tools to better represent his interactive digital installations. He will conduct several public workshops on how to use digital tools to reach new audiences.
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
Layla Dowlatshahi: Playwright and Arts Board grantee; writing instructor at Normandale Community College; Denise Fick: Artist Initiative grantee; illustrator/animator/graphic designer; Dain Ingebretson: Freelance teaching artist, writer, producer; Peter Nelson: Assistant professor of new media art at Saint Olaf; Kevin Obsatz: Filmmaker and video artist; Arts Board grantee; Frank Sander: Filmmaker and multimedia artist
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
$417
Direct expenses
$10,417
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To develop specific promotional media tools to document and reflect the interactive nature of my work for potential collaborators in Minnesota. I will partner with creative professionals to identify the needs of various potential collaborators, and solicit feedback from these partners to measure the effectiveness of the tools in reflecting the work. 2: To reach a greater audience for my interactive work in Minnesota communities. Success will be determined by the increased number of Minnesota collaborators I can reach, and the increased number of Minnesota audiences which experience and interact with my digital installations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

New promotional materials were created and distributed to potential collaborating partners. In beginning to share these new promotional tools with potential individual artist and creative institutional partners, I have received interest from a number of people in potentially working together. I have begun to make new relationships with related partners such as Monicat Data, and I continue to evaluate and reevaluate the effectiveness of projects with my new technical partner, Software for Good. 2: New promotional materials have allowed me to engage with potential collaborating partners throughout the state. Leav tracks basic engagement with digital artworks and has registered 530 new users within the project period. That combined with existing users resulted in digital pieces being accessed approximately 1800 times. Additionally, conversations with new potential collaborators suggest that new opportunities will exist to create new works for Minnesotans in the future.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Robert
Last Name
Maher
Organization Name
Robert C. Maher AKA Bobby Maher
State
MN
Phone
(920) 321-4058
Email
maher.bobby@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
Visit the site
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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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