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Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,700
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Moe L. Norton-Westbrook AKA Moe Lionel
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
St. Louis
Hennepin
St. Louis
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Norton-Westbrook will research and write a collection of short stories, drawing on the economic, political, and social history of Duluth in the 1920s, and his family's history. In spring 2013, he will host readings in Minneapolis and Duluth.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., 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., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Benjamin Klipfel, 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., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
William Durbin: Writer; Sherrie Fernandez-Williams: Writer, director of Bridges Scholars program, Hamline University.; May Moua Lee-Yang: Writer, performance artist; Juliet Patterson: Writer, poetry editor for Konundrum Engine Literary Review, instructor for Hamline and St Catherine Universities.; Cole Perry: Writer; Michael Seward: Writer, Instructor of English at Minneapolis Community and Technical College.; Jennifer Thompson: Inernational book publisher, Perseus Books
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,700
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$9,700
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesota artists are able to expand or further develop their artistic abilities through varied learning opportunities. Minnesota artists are able to develop business skills needed to support their professional art work. More Minnesotans are able to engage in or with the work of Minnesota artists.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. This project enabled me to expand my artistic abilities by providing me time and structure to devote to writing. Furthermore, the project enabled me to receive feedback from two other writers through a manuscript critique. 2. This was evaluated by the completion of a 65 page manuscript that was reviewed by two writers, Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe and Gabrielle Civil. 2: 1. Organizing and using the budget of this grant pushed me to learn how to track money in relationship to art. Furthermore, the logistics of the readings required that I learn the set-up and business side of finding space and hosting an event. 2. The successful execution of the grant budget and readings serve as the evaluation of this achievement.

Description of Funds
Project Manager
First Name
Moe
Last Name
Norton-Westbrook
Organization Name
Moe L. Norton-Westbrook AKA Moe Lionel
State
MN
Phone
(612) 965-4794
Email
moe.lionel.moe@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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msab@arts.state.mn.us
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