Old School Selfies
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2014
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Otter Tail
Project Overview
Tweens and teens learned about how artists created self-portraits in the past, and then created updated versions of silhouettes and cross-stitch "selfies". The workshop was provided by the Minnesota Historical Society.
Project Details
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Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400
Other Funds Leveraged
$69
Direct expenses
$400
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To increase knowledge of participants of how self-images were created before the invention of smartphones. To provide a creative workshop at the library.
Measurable Outcome(s)
100% of those surveyed agreed that they had learned something interesting and new about self-portraits in the past and they enjoyed creating a self-portrait using an historical method.
Source of Additional Funds
Fergus Falls Public Library; Viking Library System
Project Manager
First Name
Peg
Last Name
Werner
Organization Name
Viking Library System
Street Address
1915 Fir Avenue West
City
Fergus Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56537
Phone
218-739-5286
Email
pwerner@viking.lib.mn.us
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