Grants Awarded Fiscal Year 2019
July 2018 to current
| Art Projects | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 8/28/2018 | |||
| The Calumet Players | Pipestone | MACTFest 2019 “The Glamour House” | $4,996 |
| Crow River Youth Choir | Hutchinson | 2018/2019 Concert Season | $2,120 |
| Eden Valley-Watkins Community Ed | Eden Valley | Snoopy | $3,200 |
| Friends of the Orchestra/SMO | Marshall | Making Music in Marshall | $6,525 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | 2019 Visual Arts Exhibition Season | $2,000 |
| Hutchinson Photography Club | Hutchinson | 2018 Photography Club Showcase | $912 |
| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Winter Concert Series | $3,500 |
| Meander Art Crawl | Various locations along the upper MN River | Meander 2019 | $7,000 |
| Pipestone Performing Arts Center | Pipestone | Tonic Sol Fa Program | $4,525 |
| Prairie Arts Chorale | Marshall | Spring Concert Season 2019 | $1,553 |
| Prairie Arts Continuum | Windom | Shrek the Musical | $7,000 |
| Rock County Fine Arts Association | Luverne | Governor’s Hunt Sculpture | $3,695 |
| Rock County Fine Arts Association | Luverne | Studio Tour | $2,285 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Studio Hop 2019 | $4,955 |
| Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra | Willmar | WASO: 2 Concerts | $7,000 |
| Willmar Community Education | Willmar | A World of Music | $3,623 |
| Winsted Arts Council | Winsted | WAC Music Series | $6,123 |
| Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra | Worthington | November 2018 Holiday Concert | $7,000 |
| Worthington Chamber Singers | Worthington | Choral Commission | $3,500 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 1/26/2019 | |||
| Bird Island Cultural Centre | Bird Island | Monthly Art Exhibits | $6,810 |
| Blue Mound Area Theatre | Luverne | Missoula Children’s Theater, Summer 2019 | $2,500 |
| Buffalo Ridge Chorale | Hendricks | 2019 Concert Series | $6,972 |
| Chord-Ayres | Granite Falls | 50th Anniversary Concert and Documentary Project | $7,000 |
| Cultural Awareness Organization | Worthington | Worthington International Festival | $5,000 |
| Friends of the Arts | Renville | Wizard of Oz | $5,000 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Performance Series 2019-2020 | $4,925 |
| Marshall Area Stage Company | Marshall | MACTFest 2019 Attendance Support | $2,093 |
| Minnesota Pottery Festival | Hutchinson | 2019 Pottery Festival | $6,956 |
| New London Music Festival | New London | 2019 New London Music Festival | $6,000 |
| Prairie Dance Alliance | Marshall | PDA Dance Camp 2019 | $5,590 |
| Prairie Winds Concert Band | New London | PWCB 2019 Concerts | $2,560 |
| RiverSong Music Festival | Hutchinson | RiverSong Music Festival 2019 | $7,000 |
| Spicer Beautification Committee | Spicer | Spicer Music in the Park | $5,080 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! 2019 | $3,250 |
| Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra | Willmar | Two Concerts | $7,00 |
| Willmar Community Theatre/The Barn Theatre | Willmar | Barn Theatre Summer Season 2019 | $7,000 |
| Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra | Worthington | 9th Anniversary Concert May 2019 | $7,000 |
| Total Art Projects: | $175,000 | ||
| Art Legacy Projects | |||
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 1/26/2019 | |||
| The City of Montevideo | Montevideo | $13,072 | |
| Granite Falls Historical Society | Granite Falls | $22,850 | |
| Total Legacy Art Projects: | $35,922 | ||
| Art Legacy Project Planning | |||
| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS: | |||
| 1/26/19 | |||
| City of Slayton | Slayton | Slayton Community Mural | $2,036 |
| 8/28/18 | |||
| City of Madison | Madison | Light-Based Public Art Project | $2,500 |
| PPF | Willmar | Ability Focused Mural by PFF | $2,500 |
| Total Art Legacy Project Planning: | $7,036 | ||
| Arts Organization Development | |||
| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS:
8/28/18 |
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| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Branding & Website | $4,795 |
| Total Arts Organization Development: | $4,795 | ||
| Arts Organization Start-Up | |||
| 8/28/2018 | |||
| Canby Area Arts Council | Canby | Start-Up | $1,560 |
| Total Arts Organization Start-Up: | $1,560 | ||
| Equipment/Facilities Improvement | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 9/25/2018 | |||
| Lake Benton Opera House | Lake Benton | 2018 Equipment Upgrade | $8,046 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Laptop Computer | $782 |
| Total Equipment/Facilities Grants: | $1,586 | ||
| Arts in the Schools | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 11/27/18 | |||
| Individual Artist-Developing | |||
| ACGC 5-12 School | Grove City | Perspectives on Peace in ACGC | $4,000 |
| Appleton-Milan Elementary School | Appleton | Polymer Clay-Bird Emphasis | $4,000 |
| Bert Raney Elementary | Dulcimer Project with Ross Sutter | $2,526 | |
| Dawson-Boyd School | Dawson | Folk Instrument & Dulcimer Building with Ross Sutter | $4,000 |
| Edgerton Public School | Edgerton | Edgerton Ellsworth Dulcimer Project | $2,690 |
| Hutchinson High School | Hutchinson | HHS Mia Field Trip | $520 |
| Lakeview Public Schools | Cottonwood | Ross Sutter Dulcimer Project | $2,400 |
| Montevideo High School | Montevideo | Montevideo Trip to the Guthrie | $2,040 |
| New London-Spicer Music Dept. | New London | Field Trip Funding Help | $1,350 |
| SMSU Music Dept. | Marshall | Denis DiBlasio Jazz Residency | $4,000 |
| Tracy Area Public Schools | Tracy | TAHS Guthrie Field Trip | $2,460 |
| Yellow Medicine East | Granite Falls | YME Puppet Residency | $4,000 |
| Total Arts in the Schools: | $33,986 | ||
| Individual Artist-Developing | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 10/23/2018 | |||
| Erica Dischino | Willmar | Rural Refugee Photography Project | $2,500 |
| Kimberly Nelson | Marshall | Backyard Photos | $2,415 |
| Teresa Peterson | Belview | Grasshopper Book | $2,500 |
| Kylie Rieke | Fairfax | Pottery Work Study | $2,500 |
| Sima Amid Wewetzer | Marshall | Art and Psychology | $2,500 |
| Individual Artist-Established Career | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 10/23/2018 | |||
| Lisa Bergh | New London | Solo Art Exhibition | $7,000 |
| Glen Bruns | Marshall | Painting Minnesota’s Past Today | $7,000 |
| Nikki Bettcher Erickson | Willmar | Script Work: One Act Musical | $6,800 |
| John Larson | Milan | Ceramic Sculpture | $7,000 |
| Total Individual Artist: | $40,215 | ||
| 2019 YEAR-TO-DATE GRANTS AWARDED: | $300,100 |
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Grants Awarded FY 2014
Grants Awarded FY 2013