Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Beth A. Peloff
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2020
End Date
April 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Peloff will create a five-minute stop-motion animated video that combines sand animation with other two-dimensional stop-motion techniques to explore themes of transformation and the passage of time.

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

Anthony Adah: Film studies professor, MSU Moorhead; Sara Enzenauer: Executive director, Frozen River Film Festival; Alec Fischer: Documentary filmmaker; Rebecca Heidenberg: Filmmaker; Jennifer Kramer: Film director, producer, and writer; Robert Larson: Assistant professor of communication and media studies at The College of St. Scholastica; David Ryan: Video artist and teacher at Hamline; 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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The artist will deepen her skills in stop motion sand animation, including combining sand with other stop motion techniques. The artist will create a five minute sand animation which will show a progression of skills. 2: The audience will become familiar with the expressive qualities of sand animation and the process behind it. The artist will survey participants at a screening and artist talk using both a written form and an informal conversation with the audience through a show of hands.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The artist deepened her skills in stop motion sand animation, including combining sand with transparent cutout shapes. The artist created a five minute sand animation which showed a progression of skills. 2: The audience (via Zoom and social media) became familiar with the expressive qualities of sand animation and the process behind it. The artist took comments from a Zoom audience after a demonstration of the technique and collected comments on social media about a video the artist made about sand animation.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Beth
Last Name
Peloff
Organization Name
Beth A. Peloff
State
MN
Phone
(612) 636-2073
Email
bapeloff@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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