Arts Learning Grant - 2021

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Bemidji Sculpture Walk
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
January 2021
End Date
December 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Beltrami
Beltrami
Project Overview

Arts Learning Grant - 2021

Project Details

Funds will assist Bemidji Sculpture Walk to create a series of YouTube video lessons, for students and adult artists, in the creation of metal sculpture, including equipment needs, materials, techniques and local resources to assist in development.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Becky Colebank: visual artist and author; Ben Soderberg; arts appreciator; Shannon Lucas-Westrum: fiber and jewelry artist; Pam Janssen: visual artist and woodcarver; Gayle Gish: arts advocate; Katelyn Larson; theater artist; Mike Schlemper: writer, sculptor, ceramicist, and arts educator; C.T. Marhula: arts appreciator.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mike Schlemper: writer, sculptor, ceramicist, and arts educator; Becky Colebank: visual artist and author; Shannon Lucas-Westrum: fiber and jewelry artist; Pam Janssen: visual artist and woodcarver; Gayle Gish: arts advocate; C.T. Marhula: arts appreciator; Katelyn Larson; theater artist; Laura Grisamore: photographer and arts advocate.

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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$3,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this program, participants will be be given the basic information on tools and techniques to help them get started to make their first sculpture. We intend that the efforts of this grant will result in an increase in new local artists submitting work for inclusion on the Bemidji Sculpture Walk in 2022. Our 2021 submissions have only 2 local artists represented. We would like to see this increase to 5 local artists for the 2022 Artist Call. Participants will be invited to watch the videos through our FB page, web page, direct mail invitations and through local media. Questionaires, most likely Survey Monkey type surveys, will be linked to each YouTube video. Viewers will be requested to take the survey at the end of each of the videos. Additionally, we will request that our FB followers take the survey.

Project Manager
First Name
David
Last Name
Close
Organization Name
Bemidji Sculpture Walk
Street Address
PO Box 1444
City
Bemidji
State
MN
Zip Code
56619
Phone
(218) 243-3126
Email
dclose@infomeld.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

PO Box 693
505 Bemidji Ave N
Bemidji, MN 56601

Phone
Project Manager: Patrick Calder Carriere
(218) 751-5447
Email the Agency