Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Nicole A. Havekost
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2020
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Olmsted
Olmsted
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Havekost will create limited edition machine embroideries offered for sale at a holiday pop-up shop event. She will collaborate with Rochester Alternative Learning Center students to produce a series of merit badges using this technique.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peter Driessen: Visual artist, sculptor, curator, and cultural producer; Teréz Iacovino: Visual artist and curator; assistant curator, Katherine E. Nash Gallery; Catherine Meier: Visual artist; Ryuta Nakajima: Contemporary artist, curator, product designer; associate professort of art, University of Minnesota Duluth; Nicole Simpkins: Visual artist; drawing and printmaking instructor at Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Michelle Wingard: Photographer; professor at Bethel; Arts Board grantee

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,000
Direct expenses
$10,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will develop new technical skill in machine embroidery. I will use these skills to collaborate with local student groups to produce Merit Badges. I will evaluate this outcome by my proficiency with the digital embroidery software, my ability to teach its basics to students, the success of producing the Merit Badges and with written feedback by the students at the end of our collaboration. 2: I will produce limited-edition machine embroidery works to offer for sale at a group pop-up shop including high school students and local artists. The outcome will be evaluated by the success of all artists that vend at the shop, audience attendance and sales revenues. A brief survey will be offered to participants and audiences to evaluate the feasibility of another sale the following year.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I developed technical skills in machine embroidiery. I collaborated with local students to create their own images. I taught nine students and their teacher at RALC how to make images for the machine and spoke to them about their results afterwards (instead of a survey) as the group was small. 2: I produced a series of limited-edition embroidery images and offered them for sale. I sold multiple embroideries at Threshold Arts during 2/2022 as well as on my Instagram account, generating income for the project. Due to Covid, I did not have a pop-up shop or engage other artists in sales of their work.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Nicole
Last Name
Havekost
Organization Name
Nicole A. Havekost
State
MN
Phone
(507) 252-1620
Email
nikimade@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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