Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$680

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Nicole M. Jerome

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2015

End Date

October 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Koochiching

St. Louis

Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

Project Details

New computer and scanner for digital art production and developing a web presence. I will use the equipment to convert my traditional 2D drawings onto the computer where I can edit and upload them to websites. I can also create digital drawings and paintings using software that I can purchase monthly subscriptions with using my own money. Furthermore, I would like to focus on making short mostly hand drawn animations. Finally, I will develop a professional artistic web presence by uploading the work I complete with the grant money onto art hosting website and eventually my own website.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth, Shannon Sweeney: stage manager for Duluth Playhouse and former production manager for the Minnesota Ballet; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$680

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,538

Direct expenses

$2,218

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

By obtaining a new computer and scanner, with the help of the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Tech Grant, I will be able to combine my interests in traditional and digital art. I will do this by creating traditional pencil drawings and scanning them into the computer. After they become digitized, I can choose an art program such as Adobe Photoshop or After Effects to create digital paintings or videos. To promote my work to a larger audience, I will upload my artwork to an art hosting website such as mnartists or Vimeo so I can start having a professional web presence. To evaluate my progress I will monitor my upload rate of completed projects on my chosen art hosting website(s).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Photos Folder- 22 uploads. Practice Sketches- 9 Digital uploads, 10 Traditional uploads. Character Design folder contains- 3 Digital Sketches, 8 Traditional Sketches. Ink Sketches folder- 4 uploads. Animated Walk Cycle- 1 upload. Total- 57 artworks. Reference Library- 10 folders. Total- 38 reference images.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Nicole

Jerome

Nicole M. Jerome

(218) 324-2493

jerom045@d.umn.edu

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