Quick Start Grants
Quick Start Grants
Support to Attend Ecorche Sculpture Class with James Shoop.
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 Aubid: 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; Kayla Aubid: 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.
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I am requesting funding to attend “Ecorche by James Shoop,” hosted at Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art in Duluth. This is a two-part course with “Anatomy for the Artist: The Skeleton” in November, and “Anatomy for the Artist: The Muscles,” in January. Students will sculpt a 21” tall skeleton, and then sculpt all major muscles of the body onto the skeleton with the purpose of learning anatomy for better accuracy in two-dimensional work portraying the human figure. My goals are: - Attend “Ecorche by James Shoop.”- Utilize the opportunity to study with sculptor James Shoop when he comes to Duluth. - Obtain a thorough understanding of bones and muscles in order to create structurally, proportionately, and visually accurate paintings and drawings.- Obtain hands-on experience of forming and sculpting each bone and muscle.- Work toward having an extensive knowledge of the human body that would allow me to paint a realistic representation completely from imagination. Attendance at James Shoop’s Ecorche course will meet each of these goals. Successful completion can be measured by:- Confirmation from the instructor that I attended the course.- Completion of the full skeletal and muscular sculpting during the course, with the physical sculpture and photographs of the piece as evidence.- A written “final report” to submit to the granting agency, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. The knowledge and understanding of human anatomy that will be obtained through these courses will be applicable and evidenced in future drawing and painting work that I complete.
Completion of my grant-funded project obtained the following measurable outcomes: - Attended ?Ecorche by James Shoop." - Utilized the opportunity to study with sculptor James Shoop when he came to Duluth. - Obtained a thorough introduction to, and understanding of, bones and muscles. - Obtained hands-on experience of forming and sculpting each bone and muscle. - Completed a physical sculpture of the human form with bones and muscles applied. - Added to my knowledge and understanding of the human body to apply to future drawing and painting work that I complete. - Received confirmation from the instructor for attending the course. - Submitted (this) final report to the granting agency, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council.
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