Arts Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,430
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
International Falls Public Library
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2014
End Date
August 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Koochiching
Koochiching
Project Overview
Arts Project Grant
Project Details
Writing and Photography Series support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian, information media specialist; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator at MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music artist, former director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Dana Mattice: freelance art journalist, fine arts museum publicist.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian, information media specialist; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator at MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music artist, former director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Dana Mattice: freelance art journalist, fine arts museum publicist.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,430
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,120
Direct expenses
$5,550
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Increase the number of community members willing to submit either photos or writings for public viewing/reading.Track the number of people involved and informal conversations about the project with participants.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Scheduled themes each month for photographers and writers to work together on; had few submissions and overall participation was low.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Emily Whitbeck, Lee Lepper, Jill Christie, Liz Johnson, Art Holt, Christie Earley, Nancy McBride
Project Manager
First Name
Diane
Last Name
Adams
Organization Name
International Falls Public Library
Street Address
750 4th St
City
International Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56649-2439
Phone
(218) 285-8051
Email
dadams@arrowhead.lib.mn.us
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

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
Email the Agency