Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,950
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Kristin A. Tipping AKA Kristin Tipping
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

Tipping is a queer Minneapolis based comic creator. She will complete her graphic novel Evil Witch Allie and the Book of Secrets and finalize the script to its sequel.

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

Judith Budreau: Writer and teacher, Arts Board grantee; Karlyn Coleman: Writer; teaching artist at the Loft; Arts Board grantee; William Durbin: Poet, essayist, writer of novels for young readers; Anika Fajardo: Writer and teacher, book reviewer; Angela Foster: Poet, memoirist; Harmony Neal: Writer; Arts Board grantee; Debra Stone: Writer and educator; board member of Graywolf Press; Sarah Warren: Children's book author and educator

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
$9,950
Other Funds Leveraged
$88
Direct expenses
$10,038
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Promote my young adult graphic novel Evil Witch Allie and the Book of Secrets to reach a larger audience. I will hold multiple in-person events, table at several comic conventions and festivals, and promote the book through interviews and guest spots on podcasts. 2: Complete the script for its follow up book Evil Witch Allie and the Dead Boy to hone my writing skills and build career momentum. I will take my existing outline and develop it into a finalized script. I plan to hire professional editor Atla Hrafney to help me revise and perfect the story.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I wasn?t able to promote the book quite as much as I had hoped, but I still managed to reach quite a few new readers. I was able to table at a number of events in 2019 and did some interviews. I was planning to do more in person stuff, including a signing in 2020. I replaced the signing with an online event because of quarantine. 2: I completed the script and am currently drawing the third book. Having a professional editor really helped me hone my writing skills. The script ended up being much longer than I had originally planned. So I ended up getting an extension on the project. Having the time and the help of an editor allowed me to Improve my writing skills a lot.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Project Manager
First Name
Kristin
Last Name
Tipping
Organization Name
Kristin A. Tipping
State
MN
Phone
(715) 308-6746
Email
tippingkristin@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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