McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rachel A. Nelson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2013
End Date
August 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lake
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Project Details
Study with master acting teacher Kari Margolis for six weeks.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director of the 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, instructor North House Folk School; 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: 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
Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies.
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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,150
Direct expenses
$2,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Sharpen skills, acquire certification as a Margolis Method instructor and infuse residency plans with 3rd grade story literacy residency.Feedback from director Beth Brooks, critics and audiences, feedback from students and teachers at Minnehaha Elementary School during 2014 Story Literacy residency.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Incorporating this method into work and preparing to take the show to New York's juried United Solo Festival.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Project Manager
First Name
Rachel
Last Name
Nelson
Organization Name
Rachel A. Nelson
State
MN
Phone
(651) 353-3370
Email
bardlive@gmail.com
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