Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$164

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Amy L. Clark

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

August 2014

End Date

August 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

I am releasing my first book, a memoir, titled 'Remnants of the Disappeared.' Prøve Collective has offered to host a reading and book release event on August 19th to expose the narrative to the community. The book is a trauma narrative on the subject of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: student of Art Education at University of Minnesota-Duluth, ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$164

Other Funds Leveraged

$256

Direct expenses

$420

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this reading is to expose the adult community of Duluth to my work. The memoir is a trauma narrative that is structured to mimic the way the brain processes memory after traumatic events that cause Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and/or structural changes in the brain. My hope is that my speaking out on the issues therein will be a positive impact on other mentally ill or marginalized members of the community who have trauma narratives of their own. I also wish to promote an upcoming conference that I am presenting at with a focus on narrative medicine and the healing power of the arts.Interest in the book/subject matter of the art will be gauged by the response of those who attend the reading and by the number of patrons who attend. The book will be reviewed by members of the Duluth community as well, and I expect some minimal press coverage of the event. The event will also help to support the gallery collective that is serving as host.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Amy

Clark

Amy L. Clark

(218) 349-1702

mercurywriter@gmail.com

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