2008 Grants Recipients Artist Initiative<\/a><\/p>\nMedia arts<\/p>\n
Number of grants: 12
\nTotal dollars granted: $59,000<\/p>\n
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Mauricio Arango<\/strong>, Saint Paul
\n$5,000 \u2014 to produce a video essay dealing with the lives of the inhabitants of the town of San Jose de Apartado in northern Colombia\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Peter B. Becker Nelson<\/strong>, Minneapolis
\n$6,000 \u2014 to purchase video equipment and create a new video work that explores themes of relationships, empathy, sexuality, and gender\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Paul R. Danhauser<\/strong>, Minneapolis
\n$5,200 \u2014 for a two-dimensional animated short film called \u201cBitter and Crabby\u201d that deals with cute cartoon characters who are confronted by real-world morality\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Amber Ellison Walker<\/strong>, Minneapolis
\n$2,000 \u2014 to increase the post-production quality of her video work and the overall quality of her publicity materials, and to have her work seen by a broader audience\u2026so she doesn\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Timothy A. Fort<\/strong>, Inver Grove Heights
\n$6,000 \u2014 for the creation of a professional broadcast-quality video of his kinetic art for Internet and television distribution\u2026so he doesn\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Nathaniel H. Freeman<\/strong>, Minneapolis
\n$6,000 \u2014 for a sixteen-stage video installation that shows the opening scene of sixteen imagined narratives, all informed by the people and events of his northeast Minneapolis neighborhood\u2026so they don\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Heather R. Johnson<\/strong>, Minneapolis
\n$5,000 \u2014 for a documentary film, titled, \u201cNo Ugly Trees,\u201d that explores women\u2019s body and self-esteem issues\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Daniel J. Lundquist<\/strong>, Bloomington
\n$5,000 \u2014 for creative time to finish hand coloring \u201cBoris,\u201d an animation about overcoming difficult circumstances to live a happy life\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Kevin S. McKeever<\/strong>, Saint Paul
\n$800 \u2014 to produce duplicates of his documentary that examines one man\u2019s success in helping inner-city youths rise above crime and violence, prepare and produce related publicity packets, and submit the film to festivals\u2026so he doesn\u2019t have to get a job.<\/p>\n\n
Pamela Nice<\/strong>, Saint Paul
\n$6,000 \u2014 for funds to help film interviews in Twin Cities coffeehouses for her next documentary, \u201cDesert in the Coffeehouse,\u201d a film that asks what Minnesotans know about Arab and Muslim lives\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job in a coffeehouse.<\/p>\n\n
James M. Vogel<\/strong>, Minneapolis
\n$6,000 \u2014 for funds to film an observational documentary about drug abuse\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job and actually pass a drug test.<\/p>\n\n
Rosemary T. Williams<\/strong>, Saint Paul
\n$6,000 \u2014 to film the documentary \u201cFutures,\u201d which will document open call trading at the last few North American exchanges that have not switched to digital trading\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get an analog job in a digital world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2008 Grants Recipients Artist Initiative Media arts Number of grants: 12 Total dollars granted: $59,000 Mauricio Arango, Saint Paul $5,000 \u2014 to produce a video essay dealing with the lives of the inhabitants of the town of San Jose de Apartado in northern Colombia\u2026so I don\u2019t have to get a job. Peter B. Becker Nelson, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,2,59,51,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-minnesota-politics","category-pork-patrol","category-liberal-tyranny","category-stupid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}