Quick Start Grants
Quick Start Grants
I am seeking funds to finish, display, and document a new body of work for a group show.
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, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Drew Digby (218) 722-0952
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My goal is to gain confidence in expanding my personal art form, and to gain experience, personal insight, and exposure for my art by participating in the group show Ojibwe and Nordic Florals, Leaves, and Vines at the Nordic Center. Successful participation in the group show includes the finishing of and delivery of my new body of work to the gallery as well as the aquisition of these key components: I seek to purchase and incorporate new materials that compliment my beadwork, to create wearable art. I seek to display my work beautifully (must purchase jewelry displays). I seek to document my new work by hiring a local photographer to take images of 24 new works. (These images will be uploaded to my online artist profile so that the resulting interest in my work from this exhibit and beyond will result in visitors seeing fresh examples of my current works, allowing me to keep up with my active artist peers.) I seek to create business cards that better represent my art. I will have successfully accomplished my (tangible) goals if: I complete my new body of art works containing new materials (semi-precious stones) blended with my signature beadwork style and deliver to the gallery by the deadline; and if I am able to acquire and utilize the following items: Semi-precious stones from a local purveyor Jewelry display stands Documentation of 24 new works Up to date business cards
Direct personal growth attributable to working closely and interacting with Native American mentors, Artists, and community. I can measure this by my observable growth and confidence--I feel less scared to apply for shows, to ask questions, etc. Number of community members exposed to my contemporary-yet traditionally influenced-beadwork style is greater now than before the show. This promotes a broader acceptance of what Native American bead art form looks like.
Other,local or private