Artist in Residency

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$788
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Apollo High School
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2014
End Date
December 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Stearns
Project Overview
Artist in Residency
Project Details
Figure Drawing
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Janice Courtney: Stearns County Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor; George Minerich: Photographer; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author; Linda Brobeck: Visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC; Ken Barry: Blues musician, Victorian and digital photographer; Mike Carlson: Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director, Potter; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University Fine Arts Series.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Janice Courtney: Stearns County Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor; George Minerich: Photographer; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author; Linda Brobeck: Visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC; Ken Barry: Blues musician, Victorian and digital photographer; Mike Carlson: Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director, Potter; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series.
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$788
Other Funds Leveraged
$90
Direct expenses
$878
Administration costs
$75
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Students will add an authentic live figure drawing to their portfolio. 2. Students will expand their exposure to living, working artists. 3. Students will be able to name specific techniques important to the art of figure drawing. 4. Students will have new strategies, vocabulary and appreciation of the critique process. 1. Photograph of each student's piece from the residency to be added to their portfolio as well as adding the experience to their resume. 2. Students critique session includes reference to techniques that have been taught throughout the day. 3. Students continue to use these techniques in the classroom and in their personal artwork. 4. Students are observed participating in the critique process. Their comments will be gathered on large notepads and photographed.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students added authentic figure drawing to their portfolios. Students gained specific techniques related to life drawing based on the progress of their work throughout the day. All of the students gained exposure to a working artist through examples of her own work and sharing of stories in her own artistic development. This was measured through student feedback surveys. Also, the students participated in a critique session in which they were lead through discussion on their work as a finale.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Al Dahlgren, Les Green, Peter Hamerlinck, Cindy Harner, Bruce Mohs, Jerry Von Korff, Dennis Whipple
Project Manager
First Name
Andrea
Last Name
Burris
Organization Name
Apollo High School
Street Address
1000 44th Ave N
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Phone
(320) 253-1600
Email
andrea.burris@isd742.org
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
Email the Agency
Location

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3