Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Justin Anderson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
In Progress
Start Date
April 2022
End Date
February 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Project Details

Community Boat Building: Creating a Traditional, Nordic, Wooden Boat with Community Workshops.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Roxann Berglund: musician; Bill Payne: Professor of Theater at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Liz Engelman: dramaturg, founder and director of Tofte Lake Center; Jessica Peterson: essayist, playwright, co-founder of Yellow Tree Theater; Erin Cain: University of Minnesota-Duluth Student Liaison

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Emily Derke: traditional craft artist, instructor at North House Folk School; Lucy Soderstrom: Program Coordinator at Ely Folk School; Peggy Poitra: Director of TRIO programs at Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,900
Direct expenses
$11,900
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

John and I have both lived in Duluth for nearly 10 years and have been involved in many ways in the Twin Ports community. We have individually and collectively collaborated with Nordic American organizations including the Nordic Center, The Sami Cultural Center of North America, and The Sons of Norway, Norway House, The American Swedish Institute and regional groups like the Duluth Boat Club, Duluth Superior Sailing Association, Duluth Fiber Handcrafters Guild, North House Folk School, Duluth Folk School, Lake Superior Nation Estuarine Research Reserve, Life House, Duluth Career Development Center, and others. John Finkle has a family connection to Norway and has spent decades learning traditional crafts from several mentors working in the Scandinavian-American ethnic tradition. I am also Nordic-American and my Norwegian family has been involved in building, sailing, exhibiting, and preserving wooden boats and ships for many generations. The measure of success will be having a functioning boat, as described, by the end of the project which was built with at least 40 community participants?who learned new skills by working with hand tools and by working together.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Justin
Last Name
Anderson
Organization Name
Justin Anderson
State
MN
Phone
(320) 266-5966
Email
contact@justinrmanderson.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
Email the Agency
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