Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mary K. Plaster
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2017
End Date
May 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
St. Louis
Hennepin
St. Louis
Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details

Support needed for wood carving lessons and purchase of tools

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Jon Brophy: lighting and costume designer; Ryuta Nakajima: professor of fine art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, visual artist; Amy Varsek: Education Director at Duluth Art Institute, visual artist.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,310
Direct expenses
$2,550
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My current goals are to expand my venues to art galleries, and to make my existence sustainable with sales and consistently paid artistic work opportunities. I want to achieve proficiency in carving wood with hands-on guided instruction of new skills and tools. This medium will enhance my work and versatility as an artist with small sculptures, masks, and puppets. I will add these products to my website along with graphic work that has resulted in a promising line of handmade products. I will receive immediate and accurate feedback from an expert woodcarver. I will produce new works for exhibit in galleries and offer them for sale on my website. I will seek and secure commissions for future work.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I have a functional workspace and tools to practice woodworking. I have new knowledge of wood carving tools and techniques.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Mary
Last Name
Plaster
Organization Name
Mary K. Plaster AKA Mary Plaster
State
MN
Phone
(218) 310-6289
Email
artist@maryplaster.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


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

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