Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,350
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Janna M. Knittel AKA Janna Knittel
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Stearns
Hennepin
Stearns
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Knittel will complete her first book of poetry, Real Work. She will hold readings of the work in progress at Saint Cloud State University and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

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

Philip Bryant: Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus; three published books of poetry; Rebecca Fremo: Poet and essayist; professor of English and writing at Gustavus Adolphus; April Gibson: Poet, essayist, author of the chapbook Automation; Michael Kleber Diggs: Poet and essayist; Arts Board grantee; David Mura: Poet, novelist, memoirist; Donna Salli: Writer; retired professor of English at Central Lakes College; Linnea Schluessler: Director, Academic Success Center, Northland Community and Technical College

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
$7,350
Other Funds Leveraged
$150
Direct expenses
$7,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will develop as a poet by contracting with a professional manuscript reviewer to create a strong, book-length manuscript. I will document the manuscript reviewer's comments and advice on my work in progress and the changes that I make to the manuscript. I will also submit the completed manuscript to publishers and contests. 2: I will learn more the brain cancer and Alzheimer's and how they affect the brain and incorporate this knowledge into poems in the manuscript. I will produce new poems that combine both medical and poetic language in these new poems. I will discuss my work with audiences who will also learn more about brain cancer and Alzheimer's and how they affect both sufferers and survivors.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I developed as a poet by contracting with a professional manuscript reviewer and created a strong, book-length manuscript. I documented the manuscript reviewer's comments and advice on my work in progress and the changes that I made to the manuscript. I submitted the completed and revised manuscript to publishers' contests. 2: I learned more about brain cancer and Alzheimer's disease and how they affect the brain and incorporated this knowledge into poems in the manuscript. I produced new poems combining medical vocabulary and poetic language. I discussed my work with audience members so they learned more about brain disorders and how they affect sufferers and survivors.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Janna
Last Name
Knittel
Organization Name
Janna M. Knittel
State
MN
Phone
(651) 285-6818
Email
knitteljanna@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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