Creative Individuals

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Recipient
Kathleen Kvern
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
In Progress
Start Date
February 2025
End Date
January 2026
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Creative Individuals

Project Details

Kvern will create encaustic paintings and present a gallery show and artist talk. She will also lead a series of encaustic workshops that explore the intersection of a creative practice and the process of recovering mental health and well-being.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner, healthcare consultant; Ken Martin: political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Stephenie Anderson: Anderson is a creative and detail oriented fiber and textile artist with a strong background in knitting, quilting, and hand sewing of Viking era textiles.; Gary Davis: Davis is a board member, actor, and director at Applause Community Theatre. He's acted at Lyric Arts, Theatre in the Round, the Guthrie, the Minnesota Shakespeare Festival, University of Minnesota, and Macalester College. Davis is semi-retired from the IT industry and serves as a substitute teacher in Saint Paul parochial schools.; Stephanie Rogers: Rogers is the executive and artistic director at the Anderson Center. She formerly served as the gallery director of The Third Place Gallery and assistant director of Thomas Barry Fine Arts, both in Minneapolis. Rogers was born in Rochester and grew up in Chillicothe, Missouri. She earned a BA in studio art from St. Olaf College and a MFA in photography from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). Rogers's own visual artwork started in photography and now takes the form of multimedia installations.; Stephanie Siddiqui: Siddiqui is a singer, songwriter, and teacher of tai chi. She is the founder and president of Sea Others Foundation (SOF). The goal of the SOF is to help all people find resources and information, and inspire others through artistic outreach. She is working to record an album in collaboration with fourteen other singers.; Jennifer Ward: Ward has directed and taught theater in Chicago, New York City, and Boston. Locally, she has directed and assistant directed with the Minnesota Jewish Theater Company, Playwrights' Center, Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater, and St. Croix Festival Theater. She is the managing director at Anya Dance Theatre and has an extensive background in arts administration.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2023 regular session, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3; Minnesota Session Laws, 2024 regular session, chapter 106, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesotans will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the intersections of art making and mental health. Outcomes of workshops will be evaluated through participant surveys. Audience evaluation at the gallery exhibition and public talk will be a survey. The artist will keep a journal of activities during the grant period.

Project Manager
First Name
Kathleen
Last Name
Kvern
Organization Name
Kathleen Kvern
State
MN
Phone
(715) 892-1444
Email
kathleenkvern@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
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