Artist Initiative
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ernest L. Miller
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Ernest Miller will produce a new body of ceramic work intended to challenge and expand his focus beyond the utilitarian object. The work will be shown at the Grand Hand Gallery in Saint Paul.
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
Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year
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 create a new body of work. Eight finished pieces will be exhibited. 2: Artist will engage a new audience. The new work will be sculptural differing from the artist’s functional pottery.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The grant project allowed for an outcome of more than eight pieces completed and exhibited. An exhibition and artist talk was presented. The culmination of the grant project in exhibition and material technical testing results. As seen in the exhibited works. 2: The grant project allowed for an outcome of more than eight pieces completed and exhibited. An exhibition and artist talk was presented. The culmination of the grant project in exhibition and material technical testing results. As seen in the exhibited works.
Description of Funds
Project Manager
First Name
Ernest
Last Name
Miller
Organization Name
Ernest L. Miller
State
MN
Phone
(612) 386-2291
Email
emillerceramics@gmail.com
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