Arts Mentorship Program

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$179
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2018
End Date
November 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Clay
Clay
Project Overview

Arts Mentorship Program

Project Details

Study 15 hours with photographer Jon Solinger; learn lighting and Photoshop skills; various forms of research (textbooks, online and talking with other photographers); learn wedding, sports, landscape and portrait photography; create new work each week.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Jon Solinger: BA art from Minnesota State University Moorhead, photographer, Minnesota State Arts Board artist initiative grant; W. Scott Olsen: professor of english at Concordia College, MFA creative writing from University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Anne Robinson-Paul: university relations for College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences for North Dakota State University, MFA creative writing from Eastern Washington University, BA english from Concordia College; Linda Gaugert: visual artist, owner of Three Havens Art Gallery; Michael Weatherly: BFA art history/studio art from University of Minnesota Morris, visual artist, printmaker; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse site manager, BFA from Iowa State University; Amy Ann Mursu: Juris Doctorate, BA Philosophy with a minor english, musician including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Barbara Lent: former photography studio, textile artist, owner of a quilting retreat center; Lucy Lloyd: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School theatre director, speech coach, media specialist, BA theatre and digital media from University of Minnesota Morris; Jason Ramey: assistant professor of studio art, University of Minnesota Morris, MFA from University of Wisconsin Madison, sculpture, furniture, design/wood, BFA from Herron School of Art and Design; Alexis Johnson: graphic designer, graphic design technology degree from Minnesota State Community and Technical College Moorhead, high school dance team coach; Laura Youngbird, director of Native American Arts Plains Arts Museum, MA drawing and painting, Moorhead State University, BFA drawing and painting with a minor in Native American studies from Moorhead State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Naomi Schliesmanz: visual artist, Springboard for the Arts employee; Jon Solinger: BA art from Minnesota State University Moorhead, photographer, Minnesota State Arts Board artist initiative grant; W. Scott Olsen: professor of english at Concordia College, MFA creative writing from University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Anne Robinson-Paul: university relations for College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences for North Dakota State University, MFA creative writing from Eastern Washington University, BA english from Concordia College; Linda Gaugert: visual artist, owner of Three Havens Art Gallery; Michael Weatherly: BFA art history/studio art from University of Minnesota Morris, visual artist, printmaker; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse site manager, BFA from Iowa State University; Amy Ann Mursu: Juris Doctorate, BA Philosophy with a minor english, musician including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Barbara Lent: former photography studio, textile artist, owner of a quilting retreat center; Lucy Lloyd: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School theatre director, speech coach, media specialist, BA theatre and digital media from University of Minnesota Morris; Jason Ramey: assistant professor of studio art, University of Minnesota Morris, MFA from University of Wisconsin Madison, sculpture, furniture, design/wood, BFA from Herron School of Art and Design; Alexis Johnson: graphic designer, graphic design technology degree from Minnesota State Community and Technical College Moorhead, high school dance team coach; Laura Youngbird, director of Native American Arts Plains Arts Museum, MA drawing and painting, Moorhead State University, BFA drawing and painting with a minor in Native American studies from Moorhead State University.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$179
Other Funds Leveraged
$121
Direct expenses
$300
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Mentor will track the hours and file a final report at the completion of the mentorship. Study 15 hours with photographer Jon Solinger; learn lighting and Photoshop skills; various forms of research (textbooks, online and talking with other photographers); learn wedding, sports, landscape and portrait photography; create new work each week.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
Organization Name
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
State
MN
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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780