Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Michael W. Stowell AKA Mic Stowell
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2020
End Date
February 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
McLeod
Ramsey
Hennepin
McLeod
Ramsey
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Stowell will create a body of new multifired ceramic sculpture to be shown at the Hutchinson Center for the Arts in August and early September 2020.

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

Teresa Audet: Artist and furniture maker; Loretta Day: Art director, ROHO Collective; freelance artist and curator; Emily Donovan Carney: Multimedia artist; Lois Peterson: Visual artist; retired art professor at Gustavus Adolphus College; Nathaniel Wunrow: Proposal writer, bibliotheca; Leah Yellowbird: Artist; Arts Board grantee; Cameron Zebrun: Sculptor and photographer

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
$230
Direct expenses
$10,230
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will increase my skills through the creation of twenty or more multi-fired ceramic sculptures measuring twenty inches in at least one direction. A successful outcome will be the completion of twenty pieces, which will demonstrate technical and aesthetic growth. I will pursue critical feedback from colleagues evaluating success. 2: This new work will be shown at the Hutchinson Center for the Arts. At the opening I will engage with attendees and give a slide lecture. This outcome will be successful if viewers attend the show and find the work challenging. Attending openings and engaging audience questions is a satisfying aspect of my artistic practice.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I will increase my skills through the creation of twenty or more multi-fired ceramic sculptures measuring twenty inches in at least one direction. Stowell completed more sculptures than he proposed. Feedback came from other artists, former professors, Art Center Directors and from viewers. 2: Mic Stowell held a solo exhibition at the Hutchinson Center for the Arts, his work was exhibited at the SooVac Center for The Arts in Minneapolis. Stowell held a solo show at the Hutchinson Center for the Arts. He gave a slide talk on earlier work and took questions from viewers. Viewer questions indicated that they were interested in both technical and aesthetic aspects of the work.

Project Manager
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Stowell
Organization Name
Michael W. Stowell AKA Mic Stowell
State
MN
Phone
(320) 247-2056
Email
micandann@msn.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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