McKnight Fellowship
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Kathleen A. McTavish
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Project Overview
McKnight Fellowship
Project Details
Create a multimedia installation, live performance and 2-day new media workshop called the origin of birds. The project includes a companion, interactive website that extends a semantic-web generator that I prototyped in 2012. In addition to the performance, I will create at least three short films for festival submission.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: orchestra conductor, cellist, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Ken Bloom: Director Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: Masters of Art in English and American Literature, actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator, MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Brian Carlson: Executive Director of Grand Rapids Showboat; Mary McReynolds: Director of Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance, Virginia; Rebecca Peterson: Executive Director of Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra; John Gregor: photographer, community education advocate; Brian Lukasavitz: artist based attorney, musician, theater artist; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,650
Direct expenses
$5,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Production of a live performance and multimedia installation, a two day transmedia workshop, a companion interactive website and at least three short films for festival submission. Goal in increase the audience for new media work in the Arrowhead Region.Keep statistics on performance and workshop attendance. Website access will be monitored and entrance into at least one film festival. The interactive website will include a form for comments and feedback will be solicited from participants at the performance/installation and workshop.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Created a data-driven, open-source film generator called the graffiti angel which she used to weave video and still photography with a found sound/cello musical landscape.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Project Manager
First Name
Kathleen
Last Name
McTavish
Organization Name
Kathleen A. McTavish
State
MN
Phone
(218) 343-7998
Email
kathy@cellodreams.com
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