McKnight Fellowship
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ryuta Nakajima
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Hennepin
Project Overview
McKnight Fellowship
Project Details
Exhibiting most recent installation project titled UMWELT at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. This exhibit is organized as a part of Minnesota Artist Program directed by Christopher Atkins.
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
$6,129
Direct expenses
$8,479
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
This exhibition will not only attempt to capture the evolution of visual language through a biological model but also function as a catalyst to reformat and locate fundamental genotypes of our creative activities. In this way hope are to contribute to further development of both art and science.Success will be measured by number of audience that will be viewing the exhibition. Although the exhibition will be taking place as a part of the museum, this method can provide safe and quantifiable information.
Measurable Outcome(s)
A highly successful exhibition, attended by thousands of people from all over Minnesota, U.S.A and the world.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Project Manager
First Name
Ryuta
Last Name
Nakajima
Organization Name
Ryuta Nakajima
State
MN
Phone
(218) 728-4519
Email
lazymonk22@gmail.com
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