Career Development Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,072

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Sharon L. Vanous

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

October 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Itasca

Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Attend a class given by professional acrylic artist Patti Mollica.

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.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

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

$1,072

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,538

Direct expenses

$2,610

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To improve my acrylic paintings by using unique, fresher colors to create a more simplistic, contemporary look. To improve the variety of my paintings with texture and depth. I am wanting to learn techniques to create more depth and shading of a subject, so the subject, be it an animal, person or landscape, will have more depth and become more "alive." I would like to show more life-like paintings, using more boldness and eliminating the overworked look that can easily happen.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Learning a simpler way of painting landscapes, and still lifes that is very vibrant and bold. I can do a painting very quickly. I did 5 minute sketches and was able to show the weight and balance of the models with speed and accuracy.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Sharon

Vanous

Sharon L. Vanous

(218) 244-6672

slplvan@yahoo.com

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