Quick Start Grants

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$278
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Adam P. Swanson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2016
End Date
September 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carlton
St. Louis
Cook
Pine
Lake
Carlton
St. Louis
Cook
Pine
Lake
Project Overview
Quick Start Grants
Project Details
I would like an iPad, stand and mount adaptor for displaying reference photos.
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; Paul LaJeunesse: visual artist, Assistant Professor of Art at the College of Saint Scholastica; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra.
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
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Robert DeArmond (218) 722-0952
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
$278
Other Funds Leveraged
$392
Direct expenses
$670
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

I will purchase one 9.7-inch iPad Pro, a 60 inch tripod and one Ipow iPad tripod mount and use the iPad to display images instead of having to print out every image I use as reference for painting. This will save significant money and material waste on ink, paper and printer expenses. The images displayed on an iPad screen are also much more clear and detailed than printed images. I will use less paper and ink for printing. I will utilize the iPad to display reference photos closer in appearance to their true nature. I will be able to finish my weekly photo painting project and other photo oriented work with more ease and less waste. Printing photos with my printer has always produced low quality reference photos and my work has suffered because of it. Relying on such a finicky machine which uses expensive ink has always been a struggle and I will be able to measure the success of this new tool by creating higher quality work and creating less waste.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I have received the iPad, set up the tripod and mount and have used it already to use photo reference from which I made a painting. This has already saved me ink and paper and general trouble with my malfunctioning painter. The image quality on this iPad screen is leaps and bounds better than my printed images and offers much more information as I paint.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Adam
Last Name
Swanson
Organization Name
Adam P. Swanson
State
MN
Phone
(218) 343-4304
Email
adam@adamswanson.com
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

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
Email the Agency