MakeWork

In Chattanooga, we take our artists seriously, so we support them financially. MakeWork is an arts grant program open to emerging and established artists and artisans within a 50-mile radius of Chattanooga. The core mission of the program is to stimulate our city’s creative economy and empower artists and artisans with the tools to succeed and grow. Rising and established artists alike are eligible for assistance for studio rental, tools, workshops, and those "someday-I´d-love-to" projects.

Adding to the bottom line of creativity. It’s a beautiful thing.

MakeWork debuted in January 2008. Since then the program has awarded $450,000 to 55 artists and artisans, an investment in Chattanooga’s creative community that has stimulated cultural and economic development for our entire city. MakeWork recipients include cheesemakers, portrait artists, musicians, cutting edge graphic designers, and performing artist. Along with sharing their work with the community, MakeWork artists commit to attend sustainability sessions through SpringBoard and participate in a showcase of their work.

Granting to the arts, rather than taking them for granted.

Join us for a Public Showcase on Friday, July 23, 2010 from 6 to 9 PM at CreateHere.

This event will be an opportunity to meet past and present MakeWork recipients and hear about the projects that will take place during the 2010 cycle.

2010 Grantees

This year 153 Chattanooga area artists and artisans applied, requesting just over $1.6 million. We are pleased to announce that the following applicants were selected for funding as part of the 2010 MakeWork Grant Cycle:

Recipient Name | Discipline
Grant Title
Nora Bernhardt | Visual Arts (3D)
Book Arts Teaching Studio
Wendy & Brandon Buckner | Culinary Arts
A Sweet Tooth for Growth and Knowledge
Aaron Cabeen | Visual Arts (3D)
Equipment Provision for Original Furniture Production
Carlos Colon | Performing Arts
Latin Beat Percussion Classes
Shane Darwent | Visual Arts (2D)
The Flag in Our Hands: A lens based look into America during 2009
Matthew Downer | Other
Slowtime Field Recordings
Linda Duvoisin | Visual Arts (2D)
Linda Edits on the Fly
Caleb Ludwick | Literary Arts
SOUTHSIDE: Eight Short Stories in the Verbal and the Visual
Frances McDonald | Other
Workshops on Public Art Collaborations
Mark Mcleod | Visual Arts (3D)
The Fiscal Asset Management Program (FAMP)
Bridget Miller |Visual Arts (3D)
Creative Eco-Friendly Clothing Line by Astronette: Spring/Summer Collection 2011
Christopher Oughtred |Visual Arts (2D)
Marketing my existing business, North Light Imaging, by creating a stronger web presence (rebuilding my website)
Leif Ramsey |Visual Arts (2D)
Black Friday, a 90-minute documentary film
Justin Wilcox|Performing Arts
Transportation Grant for Moonlight Bride

2010 Juror Line-up:


Charles Allison | Spanner Sound, Founder; 2009 MakeWork Recipient
Charles is a musician and producer in Chattanooga. He runs Spanner Sound, a local recording studio and custom music agency. He is a member of the band Land Camera.
Vernia Baxter | Sculptor; 2009 MakeWork Recipient
Verina's international education includes the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts, and the Abruzzi Mountain Art School. Her artworks are exhibited nationally and included in numerous private and corporate collections. She is currently the president of Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, MSA. She is past secretary of the board for Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga and continues to serve as a board member.
Adera Causey | Hunter Museum of American Art, Curator of Education
Adera received her M.A. from George Washington University and did her PhD work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a focus on American art history. She has been at the Hunter Museum for six years with a focus on University and Adult Education. In this capacity, she developed and implemented the Hunter's Designing Innovation Corporate Program and managed the Hunter's Artful Lunch Program.
Rebecca Cook | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Lecturer
Rebecca teaches writing and Western Humanities at the University of TN at Chattanooga. She writes poetry and prose and is particularly interested in writing that defies genre. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and has published in many literary journals and magazines. New work is forthcoming from Northwest Review, Orchid, Tar Wolf Review, Red Rock Review, Powhatan Review, and Quarter After Eight. Her chapbook of poems, The Terrible Baby, was published by Dancing Girl Press in 2006. She is founder and president of the Chattanooga Writers Guild.
Andrea Crouch | Chattem, Vice President - Brand Management
Andrea currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Hunter Museum of American Art and has been the Vice President Brand Manager at Chattem since 1995. Prior to joining the team at Chattem, Andrea served as product planner for Hayes Microcomputer Products and was a systems consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP.
Isaac Duncan III | Sculptor; 2009 MakeWork Recipient
Isaac received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, certification of Secondary Art Education from St. Mary's College, and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. He has received commissions from Electro-Voice Mark IV Audio, Cedarwood Hospital, the African American Heritage Foundation, Lexington Diagnostic Center and the Louisville Downtown Management. John Henry, Inc. presently employs Duncan where he is the crew supervisor, heavy equipment operator and assistant to internationally renowned sculptor John Henry.
Nick DuPey | YoungMonster, Principal; 2008 MakeWork Recipient
Nick received a BFA with a concentration in Painting and Drawing and a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After working for the Eco-friendly design firm, Tricycle, for 3 years, he went on to establish YoungMonster, a local design/silk screen printing firm. YM has designed gig posters for bands, including: Dirty Projectors, Sonic Youth, Gril Talk, Andrew Bird, and The Dead Weather.
Melissa Hefferlin | Painter, Instructor and Scholar of Russian Impressionism
Melissa was the only American during the Soviet Period to study at the Russian Academy of Fine Art (the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture) in Leningrad, where she completed the third-year cirriculum. In 1998 she co-authored Traditions Rediscovered: The Finley Collection of Russian Art, a richly illustrated work on contemporary Russian Impressionism. The Hunter Museum of American Art presented a solo show entitled "Farm Dreams" of Hefferlin's work in 2001. Her paintings are held in over 40 private and institutional collections in the United States and abroad, including the Hunter Museum of American Art, the Museum Fund at the Russian Academy of Fine Art, Unum, Memorial Hospital and Seimens.
Richard Jolley | World-renowned Glass Sculptor
Richard earned his BFA from George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and did graduate studies at Penland. His work is included in the collections of museums in the US and abroad, including: the Museum of Art and Design, NY; Corning Museum, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art, CA; Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, D.C.; International Glasmuseum, Denmark; and the Kunstmuseum, Germany. He has had numerous exhibitions over the past 25 years, including his most recent exhibition, "Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass" which opened at the Knoxville Museum of Art in 2002 and traveled through 2007.
Karen G. Kruesi | High Acres, Inc., Vice President of Marketing
Karen is a recipient of the Allied Arts Bravo Award for Fundraising in the Arts, a National Communicator Award of Distinction, the 2006 AIM Life Achievement Award in Mental Health, and was recognized as one of ten Chattanooga Women of Distinction. For over 35 years, Ms. Kruesi worked as a communications and fundraising consultant for national and local agencies and private and non-profit organizations engaged in visual arts, performing arts, housing and urban development, social research, manufacturing, and land preservation. Her previous community activities, include: serving on the boards of the Public Education Foundation, the Women's Fund of Greater Chattanooga, the AIM Center, the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, The Chattanooga Theatre Center, and the advisory board of the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts at UT Chattanooga. Nationally, she has served on the National Education Consortium of the Getty Institute for Art in L.A, CA; and the advisory board of the National Symphony Orchestra.
Dylan Kussman | Actor
Dylan has ben a professional actor for over 25 years, appearing in such films as "Dead Poets Society" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken". His current project, a Web Series called "The Steps" which was partially funded by a 2009 MakeWork Arts Grant, can be seen at www.WatchTheSteps.com.
Margy Oehmig | Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, Board Member
Margy has been involved as an advocate and patron of the arts in Chattanooga for a number of years. She taught Art History as an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, served as a research assistant on the Hunter Museum of American Art's catalogue collection, and has curated a number of exhibits through AVA's Art at Work Program. She has been a board member of Allied Arts, The Association for Visual Arts, and the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera.
Dennis Palmer | Shaking Ray Levi Society, Artistic Director and Co-founder
Dennis is a visual artist, musician and vocal-teller whose work is directly influenced by his roots in the American South. He has exhibited internationally and has designed CD and record covers for Britain's Incus Records in addition to many other U.S. labels. Palmer has participated in the Allied Arts Artist-in-Residence program in Chattanooga, served as an art specialist for the Allied Arts in the Hamilton County School System since 2000, and was president of Association for Visual Arts board of Directors in 1998/1999. Featured publications, include: The Penguin Guide to Jazz, Art Papers, Electronic Musician, The Wire and Keyboard.
Stephen Plate | Lee University, Dean of the School of Music and Professor of Music
Stephen holds the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati where he was a recipient of a full-tuition Performance Scholarship in instrumental conducting. He is actively conducting around the world and holds the position of Music Director Emeritus of the Charlotte Civic Orchestra in NC. Dr. Plate taught at his alma mater, Evangel University, for 10 years where he founded the university orchestra and the faculty brass Quintet. He served as Music Director and Principal conductor of the University-Community Symphony Orchestra, and served as the Chair of the Department of Fine Arts.
Sam Turner | Hunter Museum of American Art, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sam is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hunter Museum of American Art. He spent 30 years in the grocery business and formerly owned The Favorite Markets. Sam has been a major philanthropist and patron of the Arts in Chattanooga.
Sharon Turner | Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts
Sharon is the Southeast Liaison for the RSA-US. The Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce is a 250 year-old organization with an international fellowship of 27,000 people passionate about promoting art, education, sustainability, civic innovation and social progress. Sharon received one of the original Catalyst Grants from Adam House in London to introduce art into a Chattanooga public school, both for curriculum and community building purposes. Prior to her involvement with the RSA, she had a dozen years experience in business administration for both US and UK-based companies. A native of Virginia, and a graduate of Averett University, Sharon, her husband David, and their two children relocated to Chattanooga five years ago and promptly adopted the city as “home.”
Peter Morrin | Emory University Art Department, Lecturer; University of Louisville, Lecturer
Peter graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Fine Arts from Harvard College. He was named director of the Speed Art Museum in 1986. From 1979 to 1986, Mr. Morrin served as the Curator of 20th Century Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA. Peter is currently on the advisory board at The Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia, PA. He has lectured and participated in numerous symposia on contemporary art, including "Realist Intentions and Expressionist Needs: Conflicts in Current Art," Kennesaw College (1984); and "Aspects of Contemporary Realism," High Museum and University of the South (1983). Additionally, Mr. Morrin has authored a number of publications, including: "Content in Abstraction: The Uses of Nature" (1983) and "20th Century Paintings from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art: A Viewer's Guide" (1982). He has published numerous essays, including "Southern Storytelling: Folk and Formal" (1983) and "Water Hollis Stevens" (1981), both for "Art Papers".
Kim Wheetley | Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, Executive Director
Kim received his BFA in educational theatre from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in European theatre from Schiller College in Berlin, Germany. He has been a consultant for state and national organizations, and authored numerous arts education framework documents and units of study. He co-chaired the national steering committee of the Annenberg/Getty Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge research project (1996-2001). He is currently serving on the College Board's National Task Force on the Arts in Education.

Rubric Evaluation for MakeWork 2010:


one.
Do the application and work samples show a coherent, cohesive body of work?
two.
Is the work distinctive?
three.
Is the artist technically proficient, do they excel in their discipline?
four.
Is there evidence that the artist(s) has the self-motivation and ability to accomplish the requirements of the grant?
five.
If funded, would this grantee or project contribute to Chattanooga’s creative culture?
six.
Should the artist receive funding?

2010 MakeWork Calendar:


Release of MakeWork grant applications
April 9, 2010
MakeWork Deadline #1
May 7, 2010 – $30 application fee (applications must be submitted online before 11:59 pm EST and application fees must be postmarked by May 7, 2010)
MakeWork Deadline #2
May 14, 2010 – $45 application fee (applications must be submitted online before 11:59 pm EST and application fees must be postmarked by May 14, 2010)
Applicant Award Notification
July 2, 2010
Award Period
July 2010 - August 2011

Contact Information:


If you have questions about MakeWork, contact Jessica Martin at jessica[at]createhere[dot]org.

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