Arts Mentorship Program

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$490
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2023
End Date
September 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stevens
Stevens
Project Overview

Arts Mentorship Program

Project Details

To study 15 hours with literary artist David Ericksen

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Jan Jackola: Program Coordinator, Community Vitality, UofM Extension Service; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Jana Tonsfeldt: retired elementary teacher, visual artist; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Heather Hjelle: Working opera singer, professor of music at Bethany Lutheran College, private voice teacher; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Therese Vogel: Retired Community Ed. Director for Ulen-Hitterdal School, Top Hat Theatre Exec. Director, Career Guidance Counselor and current grant writer

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kimble Bromley: NDSU/Professor of Painting and Drawing; Michael Burgraff: Executive Director/A Center for the Arts, Ceramicist, Theatre Director; Jackie Henning: Visual Artist, Photographer, Videographer; Scott Olsen: Concordia/Professor of English, Multimedia Journalism; Betsy Ostenson: LRAC ? former LRAC Grants Manager, Actress, Theater Director, Set Designer; Brad Wegscheid: Ceramicist, Sculptor, Woodworking, Illustrator

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$490
Other Funds Leveraged
$210
Direct expenses
$700
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Mentor will track the hours and file a final report at the completion of the mentorship To study 15 hours with literary artist David Ericksen

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
Organization Name
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
State
MN
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
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Location

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Maxine Adams
218-739-5780 or 800-262-2787 (MN Only)
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