Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$302

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Florencia . Matamoros

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

In Progress

Start Date

May 2015

End Date

July 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

Project Details

Through the illustration of 365 postcards in a year, I seek to develop more intricate and decorative hand lettered postcards that will read Good Morning to you. This project will include rigorous hand-lettering exercises through the use of a Cintiq Drawing Tablet which will increase my illustration skills, aesthetics, and discipline to create decadent and illustrative post cards and illustrations. The Cintiq Drawing Tablet will allow me to work faster and produce less waste as I accomplish my challenge and continue to exercise and illustrate on a daily basis.

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

$302

Other Funds Leveraged

$705

Direct expenses

$1,007

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

With the purchase of a Cintiq Drawing tablet, my goal is to increase my level of illustrating and hand lettering through the design & illustration of 365 “Good Morning to You” postcards. The first illustrations will be simplified. As the project develops and the rhythm is set for illustrating and producing these postcards, I will have acquired more practice with the Cintiq Drawing Tablet. Comparing each postcard, I will seek to increase the level of intricacy and pattern design. I envision the last 30-50 postcards as more elaborate and intricate. Upon completion of the 365 postcards, I hope to develop more speed and comfort with the Cintiq Tablet, allowing the focus on larger illustrations and future projects, where the level of commitment and discipline for intricacy will increase.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Florencia

Matamoros

Florencia . Matamoros

(218) 428-3001

flodoodles@gmail.com

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