Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,994
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Sharon M. Picasso
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Picasso will collaborate with sound Artists Beatrix*JAR and visual artist Jesse Mathew Peterson to develop a movement work using the concept of refracted light and video.

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

Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Ann Marie Deutz: Dancer and dance instructor; certified personal trainer; Heather Klopchin: Associate professor and chair of St Olaf College dance department; Sharika Kurumathur: Dancer trained in India and Minnesota; Rachmi Diyah Larasati: Associate professor, U of MN dance department; Jill Patterson: Teaches dance at Gustavus

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
$9,994
Other Funds Leveraged
$9,370
Direct expenses
$19,364
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will deepen my choreographic process and cultivate new skills in creating a multi-disciplinary movement performance. 1. Self-evaluation. 2. Collaborator feedback. 3. Discuss feedback and perceived imagery with audience and consultants. 4. The efficiency of sound and video design evaluated in time saved. 2: I will collaborate with and receive feedback from Minnesota Artists of different genres to expand my creative aesthetic and reach a broader audience. 1. Self-evaluate. 2. Show progress of work throughout process. 3. Artist feedback beyond performing arts genre throughout process. 4. Offer an open rehearsal and/or informal showing of work-in-process followed by Question and Answer open to public.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I deepened my choreographic process and cultivated new skills while creating multi-disciplinary movement performance. 1. honed skills in video editing, projection and construction 2.the performers enjoyed the process and wish to continue in project 3.audiences saw themes of isolation, shadow, trapped. engaged in post-show discussion and one-on-one feedback. 2: I received feedback from Minnesota artists of different genres, expanded creative aesthetic and reached broader audience. #1+3 did not proceed with original design/mentor collaborators I gained a presenting partner and creative collective MOVO rich in diversity and aligned in value, focus. #2+4 showed work in progress and engaged in audience feedback + discussion.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Sharon
Last Name
Picasso
Organization Name
Sharon M. Picasso
State
MN
Phone
(612) 600-4903
Email
spicasso1@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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