Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Lance T. Karasti

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2014

End Date

October 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

Project Details

Two high school seniors form a friendship that enables increasingly dark thoughts and bad behavior. The Cat is a dark comedic feature film that explores anti-social disorder in youth. It is the second feature film by Lance Karasti to be made in Duluth, Minnesota.

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; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of 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; Ashley Leek: student of Art Education at University of Minnesota-Duluth, ceramic artist, art educator; 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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; 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.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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 ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,200

Other Funds Leveraged

$8,393

Direct expenses

$9,593

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

It is my intention to make a great feature film that attracts future filmmakers to come to the area. Not only would I seek to show the film at local film festivals, but I would spend the following year touring with it on the festival circuit. I want to make something important and unique that will showcase Duluth, Minnesota in a way that has never been done in film.The top priority is to just make a great work of art, which will be known when it premieres at its first festival. I would love to return to the Duluth Superior Film Festival for the premiere. It was an excellent way to show the world our finished product last year. As for attracting other filmmakers to come to Duluth, we already see it happening. We are almost set to overtake Minneapolis in projects being shot. The website for the Minnesota film board keeps track of how many films are being shot in different cities in the state, so it is a very measurable goal.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Sold out premiere at the Duluth Superior Film Fest. 3000+ views on trailer. Multiple local media stories about the project.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Lance

Karasti

Lance T. Karasti

(218) 349-0370

lancekarasti@gmail.com

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