Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,900
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Christopher N. Walla AKA Chris Walla
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2015
End Date
April 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Clay
Clay
Project Overview
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Project Details
To assist in the funding of a new body of work with the purchase of materials, advertise the exhibit and speak about the process.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Jeannie Pederson: Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator; Stan Goldade: High School math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Don Clark: Professor at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, photographer; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Mark Ryan: Plain Arts Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Eric Abrahamson: Former stage manager, Historic Holmes Theatre and Board member Playhouse 412; Beth Salvatore: Publishing, graphic arts, humanities and music; AmyAnn Mursu: musician including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Jim Arvidson: Graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute, community service volunteer; Minette Stalheim Johnson: Lay minister with degrees in Theology and English; Michael Eble: Professor and gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris, drawing and painting; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Nancy Berns: Former Lake Region Arts Council Board member, radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jeannie Pederson: Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator; Stan Goldade: High School math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Don Clark: Professor at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, photographer; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Mark Ryan: Plain Arts Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Eric Abrahamson: Former stage manager, Historic Holmes Theatre and Board member Playhouse 412; Beth Salvatore: Publishing, graphic arts, humanities and music; AmyAnn Mursu: musician including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Jim Arvidson: Graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute, community service volunteer; Minette Stalheim Johnson: Lay minister with degrees in Theology and English; Michael Eble: Professor and gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris, drawing and painting; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Nancy Berns: Former Lake Region Arts Council Board member, radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer.
Conflict of Interest Contact
Lake Region Arts Council, Maxine Adams (218) 739-5780
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,900
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$7,900
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The main goal of this grant is to create a new vital body of work. I will have a block of time that will allow me to focus singularly on actualizing this new work and I am hopeful to have the resources this grant would allow me to purchase materials to make work on a larger scale. I will give a lecture on my work to the public. I will teach a workshop on building sculptural forms with wood. I will actualize the minimum number of ten new works of art. I will seek input on the direction of my new work before, during and after the making process to better understand the growth of my concepts and forms and how to evolve those ideas in the future. I will measure the success of the work on the number of exhibitions that it is granted into. I will continue to be an active, vital and committed artist in the field of sculpture.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I believe that I have met all the expectations I set forth for myself. The exposure that the grant has afforded me is already bearing fruit. I have a new body of work that I have created. I have made a website that features all the new work, allowing me to elevate my professional profile. I have been invited to apply to a number of public art opportunities based on the work that I created. I have had nothing but positive feedback on the lecture and workshop that I provided.

Description of Funds
Project Manager
First Name
Christopher
Last Name
Walla
Organization Name
Christopher N. Walla AKA Chris Walla
State
MN
Phone
(360) 223-2100
Email
wallach@mnstate.edu
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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780