Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,200
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Kathleen H. Roberts
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2014
End Date
January 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Aitkin
Cook
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Aitkin
Cook
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Technology/Equipment Grant for Individual Artist
Project Details
I intend to create an artist website to advertise myself and my work. This will incorporate film and sound art as well as informational text and poetry. I will work with mentor Kathy McTavish and sound engineer Nickolas Monson in producing this website, and intend to code it entirely by hand. This project will help me develop skills in the areas of coding and web design and will simultaneously create a platform that promotes my literary work. During this process, I will continue to create new written work and transmedia collaborations.
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
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Robert DeArmond (218) 722-0952
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
$1,220
Direct expenses
$2,420
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The primary goal of this project is the creation of an artist website that will promote my literary work. I currently own an experimental website featuring film, art, and music by a variety of artists, as well as my own written and recorded work. This new site will act as a more traditional promotion of my work. It will also serve as a cross-promotional tool for my literary magazine, PRØOF, and for the work of other local artists whom I support. The secondary goal lies in the process. Through continued mentorship with local artist Kathy McTavish, I hope to expand my skill set and become a skilled coder and web designer. I will craft the code of this website by hand, and in doing so will become more proficient in the languages of HTML5 and CSS3 and develop web design skills, which will both improve me as an artist and develop my marketable skills. The computer I currently own does not have the capacity to create work of the caliber and speed that I wish to present.I will measure the audience reached using a tool available through the hosting service Bluehost, which measures various statistics regarding traffic on its members' domains.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Production of artist website.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Kathleen
Last Name
Roberts
Organization Name
Kathleen H. Roberts
State
MN
Phone
(401) 474-8627
Email
kathleen@provegallery.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