Quick Start Grants

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$307

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Elizabeth LaPensee

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2016

End Date

May 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Grants

Project Details

Printing digital art for re-exhibition

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

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 for North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, 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, University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director for North Shore Music Association, writer.

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

$307

Other Funds Leveraged

$653

Direct expenses

$960

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To exhibit digital art prints at the Re- Exhibition opening May 13, 2016 through June 3, 2016 at Trepenier Hall at Gimaajii Mino-Bimaadiziyaan in Duluth, Minnesota. The measurable outcome is a huge step in the showing of my digital art. While my games and interactive art have been in festivals and exhibitions, I have only had my digital art prints in coffee shop shows. This opportunity is paramount to my growth as an artist. The goal and outcome of long-term impact on my career as an artist will be achieved by printing and exhibiting digital art in Re-.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of the project is to exhibit digital art prints at the Re- Exhibition opening May 13, 2016 through June 3, 2016 at Trepenier Hall at Gimaajii Mino-Bimaadiziyaan in Duluth, Minnesota. The measurable outcome was achieved and is a huge step in the showing of my digital art. While my games and interactive art have been in festivals and exhibitions, I have only had my digital art prints in coffee shop shows. This is the beginning of showing my digital art prints more widely.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Elizabeth

LaPensee

Elizabeth LaPensee

(503) 560-8545

elizabethlapensee@gmail.com

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