Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$234
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Michelle Wegler
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2014
End Date
January 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Cook
Itasca
Ramsey
Hennepin
Goodhue
Sherburne
St. Louis
Cook
Itasca
Ramsey
Hennepin
Goodhue
Sherburne
Project Overview
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Project Details
I am seeking funds for purchase of an advanced acrylic glazing product for my pastel paintings. Pastel paintings require framing and glazing to protect them. The glazing has traditionally been glass, as acrylic develops static and pulls the pastel crystals off the painting. Acrylic is also susceptible to scratching and yellowing. Glass is susceptible to breakage and is heavy. Museum acrylic has been developed to be non-reflective, non-yellowing, and scratch resistant in addition to the qualities of being lightweight and break resistant.
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
Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; 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
No
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
$234
Other Funds Leveraged
$496
Direct expenses
$730
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goals are: 1. To exhibit paintings in a broader geographic area than hand delivery allows. Use of museum acrylic would allow shipping paintings across the country. It would eliminate the fear of glass breakage and damage to the art. Acrylic weighs less than glass and requires less packaging, decreasing the cost to ship the works. 2. Creating larger sized paintings without the difficulties of the weight and fragility that glass has. 3. To make shipping finished works to customers safer and more affordable for them. 4. Decrease the amount of broken glass handled in my studio.I will apply to more exhibit opportunities without the fear that I have shipping paintings under glass. I currently limit my applications to local venues within a reasonable drive time. I will apply to exhibits on a yearly basis with the Pastel Society of America, Portrait Society of America, Arts in Harmony, Midwest Seasons, Juried Exhibit at MacRostie Art Center in addition to the other opportunities that arise.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. To exhibit paintings in a broader geographic area than hand delivery allows. Use of museum acrylic would allow shipping paintings across the country. It would eliminate the fear of glass breakage and damage to the art. Acrylic weighs less than glass and requires less packaging, decreasing the cost to ship the works. Goal Met. 2. Creating larger sized paintings without the difficulties of the weight and fragility that glass has. Not yet attempted. 3. To make shipping finished works to customers safer and more affordable for them. Goal Met. 4. Decrease the amount of broken glass handled in my studio. Goal met.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Michelle
Last Name
Wegler
Organization Name
Michelle Wegler
State
MN
Phone
(218) 724-8010
Email
michelle.wegler@gmail.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
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Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
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