Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$193

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Grand Rapids Arts

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

September 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Itasca

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

Project Pop Up Park

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; David Beard: Assistant Professor 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; 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; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; 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.

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

$193

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,557

Direct expenses

$1,750

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

With the assistance of artist/architect Aaron Squadroni, Grand Rapids Arts will create a series of lightweight, moveable panels/walls that can serve as mobile outdoor canvases for public art. Completion of the project and use by at least two area artists will be the measurable outcomes. The plan will be evaluated by the public's responses to the art gathered by Grand Rapids Arts volunteers during First Friday art walks and other downtown events utilizing the space. Artists who create work in the space will be surveyed for their feedback on working in the space and with the temporary wall systems.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The plan will be evaluated by the public's responses to the art gathered by Grand Rapids Arts volunteers during First Friday art walks and other downtown events utilizing the space. Artists who create work in the space will be surveyed for their feedback on working in the space and with the temporary wall systems.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Natalie Anderson, Lois Bendix, Katie Benes, Kathy Dodge, Todd Driscoll, Juliet Jones, Katie Marshall, Carol Morrill, Chris Rostvold, Summer Scharringhausen, Staci Taylor, Greg Tuttle, Byron Whitney

Project Manager

Lois

Bendix

Grand Rapids Arts

PO Box 831

Grand Rapids

55744

(218) 355-0581

grandrapidsarts@gmail.com

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