Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Andrew J. Helbacka-Bennett AKA Andy Bennett
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2016
End Date
August 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Career Development Grant
Project Details
THE (family) UNIT - a memoir about Vietnam.
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 for North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota-Duluth; 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; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music, University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director for North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Duluth Art Institute; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Kristina Estell: visual artist specializing in large-scale installations; Crystal Detlefsen: sound engineer, photographer, KUWS radio host; Summer Scharringhausen: program manager at MacRostie Art Center; Linda Grover: writer, instructor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,750
Direct expenses
$4,900
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To use the research and writing opportunity afford me by this trip to Vietnam to interview my father about his experiences, while also joining him on a pilgrimage to revisit the battlefields where he fought and killed and barely escaped with his life. I anticipate this opportunity will provide me with the time, research and insight needed to complete my memoir project, "THE (family) UNIT." The second part of this activity will be to travel to Los Angeles in the spring of 2016 with my completed manuscript fo

Measurable Outcome(s)

1) Took a research and writing trip to Vietnam in late February of 2016 that gave me the insight and information needed to complete my project. 2) Traveled to Washington, DC in February of 2017 for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference where I made strong connections with major members of the non-fiction and memoir literary community.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Andrew
Last Name
Helbacka-Bennett
Organization Name
Andrew J. Helbacka-Bennett AKA Andy Bennett
State
MN
Phone
(218) 310-6395
Email
andyjaybennett@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
Email the Agency