Quick Start Grants

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$320

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

William Hurst

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

August 2015

End Date

September 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Grants

Project Details

The Red Herring showing.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$320

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,180

Direct expenses

$2,500

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this project is to display my art-work in a public setting. This is a great opportunity for me to have my work viewed by a large number of people in print. My immediate goal is to find the resources to actually get my work out there in the public eye. Since it is art, I would hope that someone finds meaning in it for themselves, but as that is subjective, I find that the measure of someone’s enjoyment is arbitrary. One real measure, I suppose, would be if someone purchased a print.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Actual measurable outcomes are not that easy to report. I had a well-received showing. I was offered a new display of my art-work upon completion of the Red Herring Show at the Holiday Inn in Duluth. I also saw an increase in Facebook "Likes" on my Facebook page by approximately, 50 people. Web traffic for my website increased by 5%. This did not correlate directly into sales. I did not sell any of the prints at the show. They may have been priced too high for the venue they were shown in.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

William

Hurst

William Hurst

(218) 464-3083

bluelapisphotography@gmail.com

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