Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$783
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Neil Sherman
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2016
End Date
June 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Technology/Equipment Grant
Project Details
To purchase a new computer, software, and photography equipment.
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
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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$783
Other Funds Leveraged
$967
Direct expenses
$1,750
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The three main goals that I am currently working towards are: 1. To better document my completed paintings so they are readily available to use on my website, social media, e-mail newsletters, gallery submissions and for submissions to national juried competitions. ?2. Have more of a national presence by having gallery representation in at least one gallery outside of Minnesota in the next year. 3. Build a national reputation by participating in 1 national juried exhibitions in the next year. In the future, I would like to develop more of a project oriented approach to painting that would take me to other parts of Minnesota and areas outside of Minnesota. I can measure outcomes by: Having the ability to better document completed paintings and being able to create and label image files that will contain images specifically formatted for use with newsletters, website, social media, gallery submissions, and juried competitions. Being able to apply to 10 galleries in one year with the expectation to find one gallery outside of Minnesota to represent me. Being able to apply to 5 national juried exhibitions with the expectation to be accepted by one exhibition.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Applied for and participated in 2 national juried exhibitions and applied for and accepted into a national show for January of 2018. -Invited to be a guest artist at Groveland gallery in Minneapolis, MN. -A 4% increase in subscribers to my email newsletter. -Created a portfolio of digital images of completed paintings -Photos of paintings used in promotion of 3 group exhibitions -Applied for and excepted into Grand Marais art festival.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Neil
Last Name
Sherman
Organization Name
Neil Sherman
State
MN
Phone
(612) 716-5733
Email
na-sherman@hotmail.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

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
Email the Agency