Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,067
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Maria Sippola
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
Wood Kiln Fired Sculptures
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.
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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,067
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,306
Direct expenses
$3,373
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this project is to create a body of work for an upcoming solo exhibit at The University of Wisconsin-Superior in April of 2016, and use the work to create a quality digital portfolio by professionally photographing and documenting it. Methods of measurements will be qualitative; yes or no. I will have a show in April 2016, which is defined as being comprised of cohesive body of related wood-fired clay sculptures. The work will be successfully documented for a portfolio if it is professionally photographed, meaning I have obtained high quality digital images that have been taken by a professional photographer. The portfolio outcome will also be expressed in a digital inventory, containing information that will include the corresponding titles, date, size, and medium. Each outcome will be evaluated by addressing if it did or did not occur and meet the definition given.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this project was to create a body of work for a solo exhibit at The University of Wisconsin-Superior in April of 2016, and use the work to create a quality digital portfolio by professionally photographing and documenting it. I proceeded to have a show in April 2016 comprised of a cohesive body of related wood-fired clay sculptures at University of Wisconsin-Superior. Works in the show were successfully documented for a portfolio by being professionally photographed. I have not obtained the copies of the high quality digital images taken by a professional photographer, as she has not completed the editing process. I have been informed that I will receive my edited photographs by the end of September 2016.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Maria
Last Name
Sippola
Organization Name
Maria Sippola
State
MN
Phone
(970) 274-9960
Email
maria_circles@yahoo.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
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Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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