McKnight Individual Artist Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,080
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Vernal M. Bogren Swift AKA Vernal Bogren Swift
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2012
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Itasca
St. Louis
Itasca
St. Louis
Project Overview
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Project Details
Exhibit work with three other batik artists at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director, 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.
Advisory Group 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 at 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 for North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator for MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$1,080
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,112
Direct expenses
$3,192
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Obtain more opportunities for exhibitions world-wide after the prestigious exhibit in Washington, DC.Number and location of opportunities and sales.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Highly successful exhibition, more opportunities presented.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Vernal
Last Name
Bogren Swift
Organization Name
Vernal M. Bogren Swift AKA Vernal Bogren Swift
State
MN
Phone
(218) 245-1195
Email
bogswift@yahoo.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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Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
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