Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,076
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Washington Elementary School
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2017
End Date
April 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carlton
Carlton
Project Overview

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Project Details

Our Own Artist, Our Own Story- Adam Swanson works with students to create local nature-based mural.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.

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; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Duane Barnhart: watercolor painter, cartoonist; Mary McReynolds: arts administrator at Lyric Center for the Arts; Chris Marcotte: retired social worker, historian, writer; Maria Brown: art instructor and program coordinator at CHOICE, unlimited!; Mason Wilson: artist, illustrator.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,076
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,724
Direct expenses
$5,800
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our Own Artist, Our Own Story has the following goals: A mural will be created and permanently displayed in the Washington Elementary cafeteria for all of the community to enjoy. 650 students will participate in the artistic process with Artist Adam Swanson. 650 students will explore their local landscape as an artistic resource. 650 students will collaboratively create student works to be paired with completed mural. A community celebration will occur so all parents and community members can meet the artist. When the following are completed, goals will have been met: A mural will be created and permanently displayed in the Washington Elementary cafeteria for all of the community to enjoy. 650 students will participate in the artistic process with Artist Adam Swanson. 650 students will explore their local landscape as an artistic resource. 650 students will collaboratively create student works to be paired with completed mural. A community celebration will occur so all parents and community members can meet the artist.

Measurable Outcome(s)

A mural will be created and permanently displayed in the Washington Elementary cafeteria for all of the community to enjoy -650 students will participate in the artistic process with Artist Adam Swanson -650 students will explore their local landscape as an artistic resource -650 students will collaboratively create student works to be paired with completed mural -A community celebration will occur so all parents and community members can meet the artist.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Dan Danielson, Jim Crowley, Ted Lammi, Dave Battaglia, Duane Buytaert, Gary Huard
Project Manager
First Name
Robbi
Last Name
Mondati
Organization Name
Washington Elementary School
Street Address
802 12th St
City
Cloquet
State
MN
Zip Code
55720
Phone
(218) 879-3369
Email
Acacek@isd94.org
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
Email the Agency
Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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