Quick Start Grants
Quick Start Grants
I am seeking funds to purchase tools I have recently lost access too, and without which I can't work.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; 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; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; 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.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal of this project will be to allow me as an artist to continue to work and create. Specifically it will allow me, as a young artist with limited funds, and who suddenly and unexpectedly finds herself without the necessary tools, to practice my craft and continue to evolve my design. It will allow me to keep focusing on creating work that reflects Northern Minnesota and the ideal of accessible art. Evaluation of my goal will be simple and straightforward - if this grant allows me to continue to create accessible art that reflects Northern Minnesota the goal will be met. While renting tools I was able to create two to four high quality and varied pieces a week, with tools I own I will again be able to meet that level of creation that I am currently not capable of.
I have purchased and received all the tools on my list. I have been able to begin production on my work again and, since receiving the tool shipment, have created four pieces of jewelry - two pairs of earrings and a set of wedding rings, all of which have been sold. I also have several other pieces in production as I write this.
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