Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Amanda M. Hamilton
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2019
End Date
February 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Hamilton will integrate printmaking into her practice by using her abstract paintings as plates from which to print. She will exhibit the work in a Minnesota venue and host a workshop in her Northeast Arts District studio.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Guillermo Guardia: Sculptor; works in collections in North Dakota and Peru; Karissa Isaacs: Associate curator, Tweed Museum Duluth; Mary Beth Magyar: Sculptor; Arts Board grantee; Roderick Massey: Artist; Melanie Pankau: Artist and arts administrator; Arts Board grantee; Jane Powers: Mixed media sculptor and public art artist; Reed White: Painter and instructor; Arts Board grantee

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$417
Direct expenses
$10,417
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will develop expertise in the printmaking process of collagraphy. I will expand my current painting practice and create a new body of work by integrating the printmaking method of collagraphy. 2: I will exhibit new paintings and prints and share my expertise through a workshop. I will frame and exhibit collagraphs and paintings in a Minnesota venue. I will share my new printmaking expertise through a workshop held at my Northeast Arts District studio.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Amanda Hamilton developed expertise in the printmaking process of collagraphy. Hamilton established a small functioning print studio within her painting studio and created a new body of work by printing directly from her paintings as collagraph plates. 2: Hamilton exhibited new paintings and prints and shared her expertise through a workshop. Hamilton professionally installed and exhibited prints and paintings during Open Studios at the Casket Arts building. She shared her expertise through a workshop at the Casket Arts building in the NE Arts District.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Project Manager
First Name
Amanda
Last Name
Hamilton
Organization Name
Amanda M. Hamilton
State
MN
Phone
(760) 424-6858
Email
ahamilton1@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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