Quick Start Grants

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Timothy R. Kaiser

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2016

End Date

November 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Grants

Project Details

To defray expenses to travel to San Diego to present and perform at the San Diego Art Institute.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,200

Direct expenses

$2,240

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to give a professional presentation and performance to a new audience. I also plan to network with other performers who are working in a genre similar to my own to find new venues and opportunities for future work. Success of the performance is better measured by the audience, but I will be seeking to do my best and hopefully be received well enough to sell some records and to meet like-minded artists who have more experience performing west of the Mississippi. If I can pick up additional future gigs through these new contacts, that would definitely be a tangible success.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I sold more records than originally estimated (which was good because I needed the extra cash for the higher than expected expense for some of the lodging). I also was able to add more shows and made new contacts for future bookings. There are at least 8 new venues I can add to a future itinerary!

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Timothy

Kaiser

Timothy R. Kaiser

(218) 269-6289

timkaiserduluth@gmail.com

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