Technology/Equipment Grant

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,059

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Sean M. Elmquist

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2016

End Date

January 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Cook

Ramsey

Hennepin

Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details

Purchase a high fire ceramic kiln.

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 artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,059

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,511

Direct expenses

$2,570

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to acquire a kiln for ceramic production. I will use the kiln to make a new body of sculptural ceramics for exhibition. I will use the kiln to experiment with exploring new techniques, ideas, and materials to develop my work further. I will show the work, hopefully doing more solo shows, and also create salable pieces for galleries to generate income. A successful outcome will be measured by the completion of a new body of work using the kiln purchased with the grant within the time parameters.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The outcomes of the project are longer term than this final report allows for. In the short time since being funded I have gone from having no capacity or access to working with ceramics to having my own kiln- thanks to the grant. This is a huge measurable impact. Over the next coming year I anticipate generating a large volume of work to show and sell.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Sean

Elmquist

Sean M. Elmquist

(612) 860-9128

seanfivepoints@gmail.com

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