Season/Series Arts Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,502
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Art Guild
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
November 2023
End Date
April 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods
Project Overview

Season/Series Arts Support

Project Details

Funds will assist Lake of the Woods Art Guild to provide a variety of art workshops including acrylic painting, colored pencil drawing, basket making, and snowshoe making in our community.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Anna Larson, singer-songwriter and visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Shawna Wendler, arts reporter for local paper; Georgia Connelly, visual artist; Laurie Turner, art appreciator and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Georgia Connelly, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Erin Marsh, poet, arts advocate and past R2AC Artist Fellow; Kay Kallos, arts advocate and retired public art consultant; Tammy Ragan, musician and arts educator; Shannon Lucas Westrum, fiber artist, jewelry artist, and past R2AC Board Member; Elaine Kallos, arts administrator; Natalie Grosfield, theater artist and past R2AC Board Member; Arlene Kandert, arts appreciator;

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,502
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$11,502
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this series of activities, participants in the Colored Pencil Workshops will gain both knowledge and skills in working with Prismacolor Pencils to produce form and realism with layers of color. Participants in the golden open acrylics on watercolor paper class will gain both knowledge and skills in working with this medium and more specifically, how to draw and paint hands, how to paint different fabrics and how to create a 3/4 portrait composition without cutting off the figure. Participants in the Snow Shoe making class will gain the skills and knowledge to work with materials to lace a pair of wooden snowshoes. Participants in the Basket making class will gain the knowledge and skills needed to create a beautiful basket made from natural materials. ?Evaluation methods include a survey administered post-activity to measure skills learned by participants.

Project Manager
First Name
Cindy
Last Name
Hamilton
Organization Name
Lake of the Woods Art Guild
Street Address
420 N Main
City
Baudette
State
MN
Zip Code
56623
Phone
(218) 341-9692
Email
studio@wiktel.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 693
505 Bemidji Ave N
Bemidji, MN 56601

Phone
Project Manager: Patrick Calder Carriere
(218) 751-5447
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