Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,184
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Wilson B. Johnson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
June 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant

Project Details

Miscellaneous. supplies for cyanotype printing.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; 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 Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

David Dobbs: visual artist, education coordinator at MacRostie Art Center; Wendy Durrwachter: composer, arranger, pianist; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children’s Theatre employee; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

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 ACHF Cultural Heritage

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,184
Other Funds Leveraged
$566
Direct expenses
$1,750
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

As a recent college graduate who has transitioned to an emerging professional artist, my primary goal is to establish a studio space that will allow me to begin creating work at a professional level. I would like to be able to continue the skills and practices that I've learned and developed within a fully equipped academic studio setting. However, since I no longer have access to those studio spaces and equipment, I need to start building my own resources. This technology grant will allow me to continue working as a photographer, so that I can further my artistic practice and begin a career as a practicing artist. In doing so, my outcomes will include finding new venues for the display of my work--both at local galleries and by submitting to calls for art--and beginning to create some additional income from selling prints. Creating my own studio space will also allow me to experiment more within my own time frames, as I learn to balance artistic activity with other employment. 1 I will be able to evaluate these goals and outcomes by my increased output. Once I am able to create a productive studio space, I can dedicate more time to my experimental work as a photographer. I can measure my outcomes by finding a workable studio schedule and tracking how many hours per week/month I dedicate to studio work. I can also set monthly or yearly goals in responding to calls for art or in reaching out to galleries and opportunities for display. This will let me establish an early-career work ethic that I can hopefully continue into future years. Evaluation will also come through the monetary compensation from sales and through the success of participating in exhibitions.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Wilson
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Wilson B. Johnson
State
MN
Phone
(218) 324-1517
Email
johnsonw1290@gmail.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