Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,905
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Arwen P. Wilder
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Wilder will collaborate with Kristin Van Loon, Heidi Eckwall, and Ryan Fontaine to build "Jealousy," a performance, artist talk, and zine with sculpture, lighting, and dance made specifically in Hair + Nails Gallery.

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
$9,905
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,016
Direct expenses
$12,921
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will develop skills for engaging with a broader community (specifically meeting visual art community on their own terms). Quantitative evaluation of my success will be the total number of new people who attend performances, artist talk and read the 'zine. The content of those interactions will provide qualitative information for evaluation. 2: I (and my collaborators) will develop artistic processes through cross disciplinary collaboration. Evaluative conversations are built into every phase the way I collaborate. I will hold a final wrap-up potluck conversation. Audience responses in the 'zine, discussion at the artist talk and video documentation will bring insight from the outside.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Arwen Wilder developed new skills, engaging with a broader community, meeting visual art community on their own terms. The shows were sold out with a combination of dance audiences, visual arts buffs, and people new to both fields. 2: Arwen Wilder developed an artistic process and skills for cross disciplinary collaboration. Immediate and long-term audience responses were collected. The 'zine is a written chronicle of responses to the process and the product. The video documentation of Arwen making a new kind of work.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Arwen
Last Name
Wilder
Organization Name
Arwen P. Wilder
State
MN
Phone
(612) 816-7934
Email
hijackdance@hotmail.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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