Project Grant - Round 3

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Paramount Arts Resource Trust AKA Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2013
End Date
January 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Benton
Wright
Stearns
Benton
Wright
Project Overview
Gail Kendall Workshop
Project Details
The Paramount Visual Arts Center in St Cloud wishes to host a ceramic workshop with Nationally acclaimed ceramic artist Gail Kendall October 21 -23, 2013. Local participants will be invited to participate in a group exhibition of works inspired by the workshop during the November 2013 Art Crawl.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Chris Rasmussen: art teacher for 35 years at Foley Senior High (retired), Minnesota Citizens for the Arts Board Member and College of Saint Benedict's/Saint John's University Fine Arts Programming Advisory Council Member; Mike Carlson: Foley High School Art Teacher, potter; John Stander: Executive Director of Elk River Arts Alliance, career school administrator; Janice Courtney: arts advisor/Assistant Director of Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Helene Woods: nonprofit and public administrator, Board Member of the Monticello Arts Council; P.J. Fanberg: Executive Director of Land Of Lakes Choirboys of Minnesota, management, fundraising, Human Resources, mission-guided organizational planner; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict's/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Chris Rasmussen: art teacher for 35 years at Foley Senior High (retired), Minnesota Citizens for the Arts Board Member and College of Saint Benedict's/Saint John's University Fine Arts Programming Advisory Council Member; Mike Carlson: Foley High School Art Teacher, potter; John Stander: Executive Director of Elk River Arts Alliance, career school administrator; Janice Courtney: arts advisor/Assistant Director of Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Helene Woods: nonprofit and public administrator, Board Member of the Monticello Arts Council; P.J. Fanberg: Executive Director of Land Of Lakes Choirboys of Minnesota, management, fundraising, Human Resources, mission-guided organizational planner; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict's/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series.
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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,430
Direct expenses
$4,930
Administration costs
$2,500
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Participants will learn new techniques for forming platers using slabs. 2. Participants will learn new decorating techniques utilizing slips and electric kilns. 3. Participants will gain confidence in their artistic abilities. 4. The Paramount Visual Arts Center will further develop its national reputation as a favorable workshop location.1. We will witness an increased quality and variety of hand-built forms being produced in our studios. 2. We will witness studio artists utilizing the decorating techniques presented in the workshop. 3. We will have at least half of local artists gain enough confidence to participate in the exhibition. 4. The Paramount will be able to attract at least two new nationally known artists willing to commit to workshops.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Participants learned new techniques for forming platters using slabs. 2. Participants learned new decorating techniques utilizing slips and electric kilns. 3. Participants gained confidence in their artistic abilities. 4. The Paramount Visual Arts Center has further develop its national reputation as a favorable workshop location. 2. We are witnessing an increased quality and variety of hand-built forms being produced in and outside our studios. 2. Our studio artists are utilizing the decorating techniques presented in the workshop. 3. 90% of our local artists gained enough confidence to participate in the exhibition. 4. The Paramount has been able to attract two new nationally known artists willing to commit to workshops.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Helga Bauerly, Rebecca Billig, Jeff Goerger, Pegg AK Gustafson, Dennis Hummel, Bob Johnson, Cathy Juilfs, Robert Kalenda, Jay Loch, Lynn Metcalf, Bruce Miles, Greg Murray, Gary Osberg, Jane Oxton, Melinda Tamm, Paul Thompson, Willicey Tynes, Mike Williams, Tom Wolke, Karen Young
Project Manager
First Name
Melissa
Last Name
Gohman
Organization Name
Paramount Arts Resource Trust AKA Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center
Street Address
913 St Germain St W
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56301-3460
Phone
(320) 257-3137
Email
mgohman@paramountarts.org
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
Email the Agency
Location

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3