Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Amy Woschek Schmidt
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2015
End Date
October 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Cook
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
Amy Woschek Schmidt, Poetry. The proposed budget for this grant aims to provide focused attention on my poetry manuscript, Wearing a Dress of Onion Skins. I will utilize poet, editor teacher and translator Patrick Donnelly's expertise and careful, thoughtful eye in an intimate, one on one manuscript review. Please see Patrick's website for more information on his credentials. http://www.patrickdonnellypoems.com/site/Welcome.html.
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, Shannon Sweeney: stage manager for Duluth Playhouse and former production manager for the Minnesota Ballet; 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; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; 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; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; 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
$1,232
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,768
Direct expenses
$3,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to participate fully in a 6- month one-on-one biweekly workshop with poet, translator, teacher and Editor Patrick Donnelly with the end goal of completing my manuscript for submission to publishers. I will dedicate time for revision and editing after my sessions with him, allowing me the chance to apply the suggestions and edits he proposed. I will also use a portion of the money to attend Association of Writers and Writing Programs' 2015 Writer's Conference, allowing me to meet various publishers, participate in many presentations and panels covering a wide variety of pertinent writing topics and grow my profession network of writers. I will use four methods of evaluating my success in my stated goals. 1) A written statement from Patrick Donnelly confirming my completion of an 6- month workshop, including any information he would like to include on the improvements he saw in my writing. 2) A written statement from myself stating the concrete areas in which I saw improvement in my writing during my time with Patrick. 3) Active submission of my manuscript after completion. 4) A receipt from Association of Writers and Writing Programs Convention registration and a 1-page statement on what I gained after attending.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1) A written statement from Patrick Donnelly confirming my completion of an 6- month workshop, including any information he would like to include on the improvements he saw in my writing. 2) A written statement from myself stating the concrete areas in which I saw improvement in my writing during my time with Patrick. 3) Active submission of my manuscript after completion. 4) A receipt from Association of Writers and Writing Programs registration and a 1-page statement on what I gained after attending.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Amy
Last Name
Woschek Schmidt
Organization Name
Amy Woschek Schmidt
State
MN
Phone
(218) 475-0181
Email
amy.woschek.schmidt@gmail.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

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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