Artist Initiative

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

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Roe will complete two photographic series exploring aspects of climate change and exhibit the work at Rosalux Gallery and The Grand in New Ulm.

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

John Akre: Animator, videomaker and photographer; teaches animation at Hamline University; Priscilla Briggs: Photography and digital art professor at Gustavus Adolphus; Gregory Harp: Photographer; Tuckaghrie Hollingsworth: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Suzanne Legatt: Artist and community organizer; Carla Rodriguez: Fine artist and photographer; Aki Shibata: Photographer and intallation artist

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650

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
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will engage with audiences on issues surrounding climate change by exhibiting and discussing two new photographic series on this topic. Exhibition of work and increased opportunities to display work. Number of people attending exhibitions and artist talks for the project. Response cards or comment cards filled out at the site of exhibitions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I exhibited two new series about climate change, and engaged with audiences through exhibitions and discussions on this topic. Number of images printed and mounted for exhibition. Number of people attending exhibitions, number of people taking postcards from exhibition.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Project Manager
First Name
Areca
Last Name
Roe
Organization Name
Areca Roe
State
MN
Phone
(651) 983-8863
Email
arecaroe@umn.edu
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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