July 2019-Current
| Art Projects | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 8/27/2019 | |||
| 52 Wing Restoration Committee | Appleton | Applefest 2019-Applefestival of Music | $3,320 |
| Crow River Youth Choir | Hutchinson | 2019/2020 Concert Season | $2,470 |
| Granite Falls Living at Home | Granite Falls | GF-LAH/BNP Teaching Artist Residency | $4,000 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | 2020 Visual Arts Exhibition Series | $2,000 |
| Meander Art Crawl | Upper MN River Valley | Meander 2020 | $7,000 |
| Pipestone Civil War Days | Pipestone | Pipestone Civil War Days | $7,000 |
| Prairie Dance Alliance | Marshall | Nutcracker 2019 | $7,000 |
| Tyler Arts Council | Tyler | Falls Arts Council Events | $1,600 |
| Winsted Arts Council | Winsted | WAC Music Event Q120 | $4,145 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 1/25/2020 | |||
| Cultural Awareness Organization | Worthington | CAO-Worthington International Festival | $5,865 |
| Friends of the Orchestra/Southwest Minnesota Orchestra | Marshall | 2020 Children’s Concert & Concerto Competition | $5,245 |
| Hinterland Arts Council | Lamberton | Hinterland Art Crawl (HAC) | $6,766 |
| Loose Gravel Music Festival | Walnut Grove | Loose Gravel Music Festival | $7,000 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Performance Series | $2,672 |
| Minnesota Pottery Festival | Hutchinson | 2020 Minnesota Pottery Festival | $7,000 |
| RiverSong Music Festival | Hutchinson | RiverSong Music Festival 2020 | $7,000 |
| Rhythm of the River | Jackson | Rhythm of the River 2020 Music Festival | $7,000 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Studio Hop 2020 | $4,655 |
| Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra | Willmar | WASO-2 Concerts | $5,612 |
| Worthington Area Symphonic Orchestra | Worthington | WASO 10th Anniversary Concert May 2020 | $7,000 |
| ROUND III GRANTS: Funded 4/28/2020 | |||
| Blue Mound Area Theatre | Luverne | Shaun Johnson Holiday Show | $7,000 |
| Crow River Singers | Hutchinson | Crow River Singers Winter Concert 2020 | $2,020 |
| Dawson-Boyd Community Education | Dawson | Dawson-Boyd Children’s Musical | $4,470 |
| Dassel Area Historical Society | Dassel | Dassel Art Tour | $3,416 |
| Granite Area Arts Council | Granite Falls | Imbibe Sessions | $6,146 |
| Greater Milan Initiative | Milan | The Defrost Project | $6,915 |
| KMS Community Education | Kerkhoven | Summer Arts for KMS | $3,750 |
| Marshall Area Farmers Market | Marshall | Performances at the Market | $4,000 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | MAFAC Exhibit Program 2020-2021 | $631 |
| Minnesota Valley Community Concert Association | Montevideo | Concert Series 2020-2021 | $3,350 |
| Murray County Historical Society | Slayton | Dinehart Front Porch Music Series | $2,369 |
| Prairie Arts Chorale | Marshall | Fall Concert Season 2020 | $4,254 |
| Prairie Winds Concert Band | New London | PWCB 2020-2021 Concerts | $3,725 |
| Spicer Beautification Committee | Spicer | Spicer Music in the Park | $5,075 |
| Willmar Community Theatre/The Barn Theatre | Willmar | 2020 Barn Theatre Summer Season | $6,650 |
| Total Art Projects: | $170,320 | ||
| Art Legacy Projects | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 8/27/2019 | |||
| City of Madison | Madison | Biome: A light-based sculpture | $25,000 |
| Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra | Worthington | WASO & Brule Holiday Concerts 2019 | $16,000 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 1/25/20 | |||
| The Upper Sioux Community | Granite Falls | Dakota Dance and Regalia | $23,959 |
| ROUND III GRANTS: Funded 4/28/20 | |||
| City of Slayton | Slayton | Slayton Community Mural | $11,652 |
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Granite Falls City Artist in Residence | $25,000 |
| Worthington Public Arts Commission | Worthington | Main Street Worthington – Gathering Space | $20,000 |
| Total Legacy Art Projects: | $121,611 | ||
| Equipment & Facilities Improvement | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 10/22/2019 | |||
| The Barn Theatre | Willmar | Equipment Improvements | $10,000 |
| Reading Committee Theatre | Reading | Sound System Upgrade | $666 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 3/24/20 | |||
| Blue Mound Area Theatre | Luverne | Curtain Replacement | $3,995 |
| Dawson-Boyd Arts Association | Dawson | Replace Traveler Curtain – Memorial Auditorium | $10,000 |
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | YES! House Performance Venue Equipment | $9,802 |
| Lac qui Parle Players | Madison | Replacement of Microphones | $3,362 |
| Pipestone Performing Arts Center | Pipestone | LED Lights for the Pipestone Performing Arts Center | $10,000 |
| Total Equipment & Facilities Improvement: | $47,825 | ||
| Operating Support | |||
| Funded 11/2/19 | |||
| Crow River Players | New London | Operating Support | $3,655 |
| Dawson-Boyd Arts Association | Dawson | Operating Support | $8,044 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | Operating Support | $14,761 |
| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Operating Support | $3,257 |
| Lake Benton Opera House | Lake Benton | Operating Support | $4,801 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Operating Support | $9,466 |
| Milan Village Arts School | Milan | Operating Support | $8,827 |
| Pipestone Performing Arts Center | Pipestone | Operating Support | $10,106 |
| Prairie Arts Chorale | Marshall | Operating Support | $3,355 |
| Wilder Pageant Committee | Walnut Grove | Operating Support | $11,043 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Operating Support | $6,784 |
| Winsted Arts Council | Winsted | Operating Support | $5,901 |
| Total Operating Support: | $90,000 | ||
| Arts Organization Development | |||
| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS:
9/24/2019 |
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| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Propel Quickbooks Set-Up and Training | $4,700 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | New Brochure | $610 |
| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS:
3/24/2020 |
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| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Arts Organization Development, March 1, 2020 | $3,200 |
| Total Arts Organization Development: | $8,510 | ||
| Art Legacy Project Planning | |||
| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS:
10/22/2019 |
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| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Women’s Empowerment Creative Action Network (WE CAN!) Planning + Retreat | $4,700 |
| Total Art Legacy Project Planning: | $4,700 | ||
| Arts in the Schools | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 11/26/19 | |||
| Appleton-Milan Elementary School | Appleton | Dance in Our World | $4,000 |
| Bert Raney Elementary | Granite Falls | Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency | $2,394 |
| Lakeview Public School | Cottonwood | Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency | $2,376 |
| SW MN State University – Music Dept. | Marshall | William Huber Jazz Residency | $4,000 |
| Yellow Medicine East | Granite Falls | Retelling the Story | $4,000 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 2/25/20 | |||
| Benson Community Education | Benson | Benson Children’s Theatre | $1,520 |
| Brewster Roundlake Schools | Brewster | All School Tile Mural | $4,000 |
| Dream Technical Academy | Willmar | What’s Our Story? | $3,875 |
| Lac qui Parle Valley School District | Madison | LQPV Diversity Club Arts & Culture Trip | $2,500 |
| Lac qui Parle Valley School District | Madison | LqPV Band to Chanhassen | $1,100 |
| Lac qui Parle Valley School District | Madison | LqPV Prairie Fire Theater Production | $2,500 |
| Ortonville Community Education | Ortonville | Prairie Fire Theatre packaged play production | $2,500 |
| Ridgewater College Art | Hutchinson/Willmar | Imagining Imagining: Creativity Residency with Artist Andy DuCett | $4,000 |
| Total Arts in the Schools: | $38,765 | ||
| Art Study Opportunity for Youth Grants | |||
| Funded 9/24/2019 | |||
| Ashlyn Brouwer | Raymond | Oil Painting | $500 |
| Isaac Brouwer | Raymond | Isaac Brouwer Artist Grant | $500 |
| Hannah Graves | Raymond | Oil Painting | $428 |
| Lindsey Setrum | Raymond | Artist Mentor Grant | $497 |
| Maggie Setrum | Raymond | Mentor Artist Grant | $500 |
| Total Arts Study Opportunity for Youth: | $3,425 | ||
| Individual Artist-Emerging | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 9/24/2019 | |||
| Nicholas Hendriks | Olivia | Family Portraiture Revival | $2,500 |
| Breanne Howerton | New London | Farmer-Labor Novel Draft | $2,442 |
| Mary La Patka | Willmar | The Beauty and the Science of Botanical Art and Illustration | $2,500 |
| Shelley Bluestone Zeller | Morgan | Dakota Wolf Story | $2,500 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 2/25/2020 | |||
| John Kellen | Willmar | Building Connection through Photography | $2,500 |
| Kerry Kolke-Bonk | Appleton | Ecoprint and Natural Dye Workshop | $2,500 |
| Maria Novak | New London | 100 Years Ago Today | $2,500 |
| Anne Wedler | Marshall | Cyanotype | $2,500 |
| Nicole Zempel | Granite Falls | Wild Roots MN | $2,500 |
| Individual Artist-Established Career | |||
| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 10/24/2019 | |||
| Daryl Hrdlicka | Westbrook | Pale Dawn Movie | $7,000 |
| Zachary Ploeger | Pipestone | Standard Trumpet Repertoire Project | $7,000 |
| Kari Weber | New London | Weber Painting Grant | $7,000 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 2/25/2020 | |||
| Nikki Bettcher Erickson | Willmar | “Care For” | $7,000 |
| Bradley Hall | Granite Falls | New Body of Work | $6,750 |
| Ashley Hanson | Granite Falls | “This Aster” Translation Album | $6,889 |
| Ellen Starr | Hutchinson | Art Nouveau research | $7,000 |
| Total Individual Artist: | $71,081 | ||
| Board Initiated Grants | |||
| Funded 4/28/20 | |||
| The Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Virtual Artist Residencies: Creative Solutions to COVID-19 Community Challenges | $3,000 |
| Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative | Marshall | 2020 Young Artist Conference | $2,500 |
| Total Board Initiated: | $5,500 | ||
| Special Awards | |||
| Tom Wirt (Nominated by Greg Jodzio) |
Hutchinson | Prairie Star Award | $5,000 |
| Julia Iverson
(Nominated by Loni Bultman and Bonnie Smith) |
New London | Prairie Disciple Award | $1,000 |
| 2019 GRANTS AWARDED: | $573,472 |
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