Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Sheila M. O'Connor
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
St. Louis
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
St. Louis
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

O'Connor will promote her forthcoming novel, Reconstructing V, to new audiences. Focusing on little known Minnesota history of incarcerated girls, O'Connor will market and present to readers throughout the state.

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

Rebecca Brooks: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Scott Carpenter: Fiction writer; teacher at Carleton; Martin Cozza: Fiction writer; Arts Board grantee; Margaret Newman: Writer and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Cole Perry: Northern Minnesota novelist; Robin Rozanski: Writer; teaching artist at The Loft; Molly Sutton Kiefer: Poet, essayist, editor and publisher of Tinderbox Editions in Red Wing

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
$5,700
Direct expenses
$15,700
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist will engage new audiences in the history of female incarceration to broaden their understanding of women's issues past and present. Evaluation will be based on securing presentations, readings, media coverage, and book club visits with new regional audiences including the Correctional Facility-Shakopee, and readers in greater Minnesota. 2: Artist will develop new skills in marketing and audience outreach through work with professionals to promote a new novel to adult readers. Evaluation will be based on artist's ability to build and execute a marketing plan that promotes the new book's visibility and expands the artists' audience in Minnesota.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist will engage new audiences in the history of female incarceration to broaden their understanding of women's issues past and present. Evaluation based on attendance at readings, media coverage, communities reached through author events for new audiences in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. 2: Artist will develop new skills in marketing and audience outreach through work with professionals to promote a new novel to adult readers. Evaluation based on achieved marketing plan created with publicists, media coverage and events secured, increased social media presence, and new readers in attendance at events.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Sheila
Last Name
O'Connor
Organization Name
Sheila M. O'Connor
State
MN
Phone
(952) 925-4265
Email
infosheilao@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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