July 2017 through June 2018
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Art Projects |
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| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 8/22/2017 | |||
| Crow River Youth Choir | Hutchinson | 2017/2018 Crow River Youth Choir Concert Season | $2,700 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | 2018 Visual Arts Exhibition Season | $2,000 |
| Hutchinson Photography Club | Hutchinson | Hutchinson Photography Club Showcase | $1,263 |
| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Winter Concert Series | $2,900 |
| Madison Healthcare Services | Madison | Madison Healthcare Services Art Project | $2,307 |
| Meander Art Crawl | Regional | Meander 2018 | $5,000 |
| Prairie Arts Chorale | Marshall | Spring Concert Season 2018 | $2,500 |
| Southwest Minnesota Orchestra/Friends of the Orchestra | Marshall | An All-American Celebration – SMUS at 50! | $4,980 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | 2018 Studio Hop | $4,355 |
| Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra | Willmar | Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra: 2 Concerts | $5,000 |
| Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra | Worthington | WASO Holiday Concert 2017 | $5,000 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 1/13/18 | |||
| Buffalo Ridge Chorale | Hendricks | 2018 Concert Series | $4,905 |
| Cultural Awareness Organization | Worthington | Worthington International Festival | $5,000 |
| Eden Valley-Watkins Community Ed | Eden Valley | The Sound of Music | $5,000 |
| Friends of the Arts | Renville | Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre Aladdin | $750 |
| Friends of the Orchestra/SMO | Marshall | Spring 2018 Concert: Song of the South Western Prairie | $5,000 |
| Granite Falls Community Theatre | Granite Falls | Disney’s High School Musical Jr. | $5,000 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Performance Series 2018-2019 | $4,500 |
| New London Music Festival | New London | 2018 Music Festival | $5,000 |
| Pipestone Civil War Days | Pipestone | Pipestone Civil War Days | $4,710 |
| Prairie Dance Alliance | Lynd | Dance Camp 2018 | $5,000 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! 2018 | $4,550 |
| Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra | Willmar | 2 Concerts: “Story Time” & Young Artists” | $5,000 |
| Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra | Worthington | Spring Concert 2018 | $5,000 |
| ROUND III GRANTS: Funded 4/24/18 | |||
| Central Park Market | Cottonwood | Musical Talent at Central Park Market | $1,770 |
| Crow River Singers | Hutchinson | 2018-2019 Concert Series | $2,616 |
| Dakota Wicohan | Morton | Horse Nation Exhibit Field Trip | $2,910 |
| Danube Historical Society | Danube | 2018 Concerts in the Park | $3,350 |
| Dassel Area Historical Society | Dassel | Discover Dassel Fine Art Tour 2018 | $2,726 |
| Fair Association of Jackson County | Jackson | Art Appreciation at the 2018 Fair | $3,520 |
| Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization | Granite Falls | Riverside Market and Muse | $3,545 |
| Marshall Area Farmers Market | Marshall | Performances at the Market | $4,600 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | MAFAC Exhibit Program 2018-2019 | $1,840 |
| Minnesota Pottery Festival | Hutchinson | 2018 Minnesota Pottery Festival | $5,000 |
| Prairie Arts Chorale | Marshall | Fall Concert Season 2018 | $1,178 |
| Redwood Area Schools | Redwood Falls | A World of Music | $2,726 |
| Rhythm of the River | Jackson | Rhythm of the River Music Festival | $5,000 |
| RiverSong Music Festival | Hutchinson | RiverSong Music Festival 2018 | $5,000 |
| ROUND IV GRANTS: Funded 05/22/18 | |||
| Blue Mound Area Theatre | Luverne | SongBlast – Dueling Guitars | $3,150 |
| Bonanza Education Center | Ortonville | Big Stone Lake Stories | $5,000 |
| Greater Litchfield Opera House Assn | Litchfield | Plymouth Concert Band Performance | $1,274 |
| Marshall-Lyon County Library | Marshall | Writing Workshop | $2,448 |
| Total Art Projects: | $155,073 | ||
Art Legacy Projects |
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| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 8/22/2017 | |||
| City of Granite Falls/EDA | Granite Falls | Riverside Voices | $15,700 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 1/13/18 | |||
| City of Appleton | Appleton | Appleton 52 Wing Collage Mural | $14,065 |
| Round IV GRANTS: Funded 8/22/18 | |||
| Bird Island Cultural Centre | Bird Island | Bird Island Cultural Center Mural | $12,454 |
| Total Art Legacy Projects: | $42,2189 | ||
Art Legacy Project Planning |
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| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS: | |||
| 01/13/18 | |||
| Luverne Initiative for Tomorrow | Luverne | Nutcracker Project | $2,000 |
| 4/24/18 | |||
| City of Montevideo | Montevideo | Downtown Stairs Art Project | $2,000 |
| Total Art Legacy Project Planning: | $4,000 | ||
Arts Organization Development |
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| MONTHLY DEADLINE GRANTS:
8/22/17 |
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| Wilder Pageant Committee | Walnut Grove | LAURA 2027 | $2,060 |
| 3/27/18 | |||
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Facilitated long-range planning workshop | $477 | |
| Total Arts Organization Development: | $2,537 | ||
Arts Organization Start-Up |
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| 9/26/2017 | |||
| Tyler Art Council | Tyler | Tyler Arts Council 501c3 Funding | $1,050 |
| Total Arts Organization Start-Up: | $1,050 | ||
Equipment/Facilities Improvement |
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| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 9/26/2017 | |||
| The Barn Theatre | Willmar | Removable Assessable Seating | $1,251 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 2/27/2018 | |||
| Blue Mound Area Theatre | Luverne | Light Board | $4,096 |
| Crow River Players | New London | LCD Projector and Screen | $10,000 |
| Friends of the Auditorium | Worthington | LED Lighting Equipment Upgrade Project II | $9,949 |
| FungusAmongus Players | Dassel | Theatrical Lighting Project | $10,000 |
| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Replace storefront window and door | $5,624 |
| Lac qui Parle Players | Madison | Improvement of PAC Facilities | $10,000 |
| Marshall Area Stage Company | Marshall | Portable sound system replacement | $2,285 |
| Pipestone Performing Arts Center | Pipestone | Ticketing Platform, Light Board, Sound & Light Maintenance | $7,076 |
| Wilder Pageant | Walnut Grove | Wilder Pageant Light Upgrade | $9,800 |
| Total Equipment/Facilities Improvement: | $70,081 | ||
Operating Support |
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| TWO YEAR GRANTS: Funded 11/28/17 | |||
| Crow River Players | New London | Operating Support 2018-2019 | $7,337 |
| Dawson-Boyd Arts Association | Dawson | Operating Support-Meeting the Challenge! | $8,290 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | FY 18/19 Operating Support | $17,215 |
| Lake Benton Opera House | Lake Benton | Operating Support FY 18/19 | $9,398 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Operating Support FY 2018-2019 | $11,409 |
| Milan Village Arts School | Milan | FY 18/19 – Operating Support Grant | $9,576 |
| Prairie Arts Chorale | Marshall | Prairie Arts Chorale 2018-2020 | $6,202 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Operating Support | $6,069 |
| Total Operating Support: | $75,496 | ||
Arts in the Schools |
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| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 11/28/17 | |||
| Adrian ISD 511 | Adrian | Residency with CSB | $4,000 |
| Appleton-Milan Elementary School | Appleton | The Science of Sound | $4,000 |
| Bert Raney Elementary | Granite Falls | Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency | $2,332 |
| Dassel Elementary | Dassel | Singing on the Trail | $3,984 |
| Dawson-Boyd Schools | Dawson | Ross Sutter Folk Music Residency | $3,709 |
| Lakeview Public School | Cottonwood | Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency | $2,236 |
| Minneota Public Schools | Minneota | Minneota Perspectives on Peace Residency | $4,000 |
| Yellow Medicine East | Granite Falls | Connecting Swirls of Movement | $4,000 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 2/27/18 | |||
| Lac qui Parle Valley School District | Madison | EL Art & Culture Field Trip | $2,757 |
| Lac qui Parle Valley School District | Madison | LqPV Musical Theater Workshop | $2,500 |
| Lester Prairie Schools | Lester Prairie | Hands on Art History: Guiding Creation of Self-Portraits | $4,000 |
| Minneota Public School | Minneota | Professional Dinner Theater Experience | $2,491 |
| New Century Academy | Hutchinson | Chainsaw Carver/Subtractive Sculpture Residency | $4,000 |
| Willmar Public Schools/ECFE | Willmar | Crayola Experience Field Trip | $2,219 |
| Total Arts in the Schools Grants | $46,228 | ||
Art Study Opportunity for Youth Grants 4/24/18 |
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| Kayden Cavaness | Clara City | Art Camp at Minnetonka Center for the Arts | $500 |
| Leah DeBoer | Prinsburg | Illustration with Kristen Allen | $292 |
| Lukas Hillenbrand | Willmar | Sequential Art with David Chase | $491 |
| David Rabaey | Marshall | Southwest Minnesota String Festival | $500 |
| Georgia Rabaey | Marshall | Southwest Minnesota String Festival | $500 |
| Eleanor Ryder | Willmar | Watercolor Project | $475 |
| Zoe Vorbach | Marshall | Augustana Summer Music Camp | $500 |
| Maeve Winter | Willmar | Butler University String Scholars Camp | $500 |
| Total Art Study Opportunity for Youth Grants | $3,758 | ||
Individual Artists |
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| ROUND I GRANTS: Funded 8/22/2017 | |||
| Lauren Carlson | Dawson | Dawson Minnesota Poet Lauren Carlson attends AWP | $1,985 |
| Fred Cogelow | Willmar | “Verweile doch…” (Linger awhile…) | $5,000 |
| Anna DeGraff | Marshall | Sounds of Southwestern Minnesota | $5,000 |
| John Ginocchio | Marshall | Moorish and Christian Marches | $1,983 |
| Susan McLean | Marshall | Poetry Book | $512 |
| ROUND II GRANTS: Funded 10/24/17 | |||
| Robyn Sand Anderson | Redwood Falls | The Arts Connect Us | $5,000 |
| Cole Behrends | Lakefield | The Paintbrush Graveyard | $2,000 |
| Stephanie Chappell | Glencoe | Creative non-fiction book | $597 |
| Lynn Edwards | New London | Create work, upgrade studio exhibition | $2,000 |
| Elisabeth Fondell | Dawson | Writing Portfolio Development | $1,500 |
| Bradley Hall | Granite Falls | Tony Couch Watercolor Workshop | $2,000 |
| Agnes Alsgaard Lien | Rushmore | Skewed Perspective II | $5,000 |
| Shannen Louwagie | Cottonwood | S. Leigh Exhibit | $2,000 |
| Victoria Hanna McKinney | Walnut Grove | Talking Points: Climate Change Embroidery | $5,000 |
| Brook Pederson | Montevideo | Studio expansion for wake skate, long board S.U.P. design | $2,000 |
| ROUND III GRANTS: Funded 03/27/18 | |||
| Craig Edwards | New London | Make a body of work | $5,000 |
| Jessica Gorman | Renville | Follow the Yellowstone Trail: Western Minnesota | $2,000 |
| Haley Jacobsen | Hutchinson | The First | $990 |
| Melanie Lee | Marshall | Alexander Technique: Applied Study | $1,950 |
| Craig Lindsay | Marshall | Musical Composition Demo Recordings | $1,460 |
| Zachary Ploeger | Pipestone | Original Compositions CD Recording Project | $5,000 |
| Kurt Schulz | Glencoe | Kurt Schulz: Actor | $5,000 |
| Pamela Warriner | Westbrook | Klin for progression of pottery | $2,000 |
| Danielle Wedeking | Windom | Framing | $1,921 |
| Total Individual Artists: | $66,898 | ||
Local Arts Initiative |
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| SW/WC Service Cooperative | Marshall | 2018 Young Artist Conference | $2,500 |
SMAC Special Awards |
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| Travis Erickson | Pipestone | Prairie Star Award | $5,000 |
| LeAnn Atchison | Clara City | Prairie Disciple Award | $500 |
| Total Special Awards | $5,500 | ||
| 2018 GRANTS AWARDED: | $475,340 |
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