Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Andrew J. Messerschmidt AKA Andy Messerschmidt
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2017
End Date
February 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Cook
Hennepin
Itasca
Lake
St. Louis
Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Cook
Hennepin
Itasca
Lake
St. Louis
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Messerschmidt will create a new pattern based installation in a pop-up gallery in Ely. Gallery visitors will be encouraged to collaborate and arrange their own patterned components as part of the exhibition.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jennifer Carruthers: Architect and public artist; Guillermo Cuellar Brown: Potter and teacher from Venezuela; Erik Farseth: Printmaker, zine publisher, collage artist; Arts Board grantee; Karissa Isaacs: Associate curator, Tweed Museum Duluth; Gail Katz-James: Sculptor and public artist; Jennifer Nevitt: Artist; Arts Board grantee; professor of drawing at Gustavus Adolphus College

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$189
Direct expenses
$10,189
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The artist will develop artistically by expanding into larger scale installations and detailed intricacies afforded by more studio time. The artist will successfully present an exhibition of collaged installations (one created by the audience) and collaged paintings with an opening. 2: I will reciprocally engage communities in rural and urban Minnesota and raise awareness about contemporary art happening outside of the Twin Cities. Tracking visitors to the studio during the work months, at the exhibition, online social media dialogue and measuring responses during a Q and A at the opening of the exhibition.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The artist developed artistically by expanding into larger scale installations and detailed intricacies afforded by more studio time. The artist successfully presented an exhibition of collaged installations (one created by the audience) and collaged paintings with an opening. 2: The artist raised awareness about contemporary art happening outside of the Twin Cities. The artist tracked visitors to the studio during the work months and at the exhibition, online social media dialogue and measuring responses during a Q and A at the opening of the exhibition.

Project Manager
First Name
Andrew
Last Name
Messerschmidt
Organization Name
Andrew J. Messerschmidt AKA Andy Messerschmidt
State
MN
Phone
(218) 235-4288
Email
dampenedyurt@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
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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