July 2020-June 2021
| Art Legacy Projects | |||
| Funded 3/23/2021 | |||
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Ignite Rural | $20,000 |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | Morton | Cansayapi Wicoigage Oti Incubator Start-Up Project | $19,516 |
| Wilder Pageant Committee | Walnut Grove | Laura’s Trilogy: Faith, Fragments, Fulfilled | $20,000 |
| Funded 4/27/21 | |||
| City of Granite Falls | Granite Falls | Granite as a Model of Artistic Placemaking | $18,600 |
| Total Art Legacy Projects: | $78,116 | ||
| Art Projects | |||
| ROUND I: Funded 10/27/2020 | |||
| AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project) | Pipestone | Little Kids Rock the Quartziter | $6,184 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | 2021 Visual Arts Exhibition Series | $2,000 |
| Lac qui Parle Historical Society | Madison | Production of the Lac qui Parle Radio Hour | $4,216 |
| Meander Art Crawl | Appleton | Meander 2021 | $7,000 |
| Prairie Arts Continuum | Windom | PAC Presents “Shrek the Musical” | $7,000 |
| ROUND II: Funded 01/26/2021 | |||
| AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project) | Pipestone | Moana Jr. Musical Theatre Camp | $7,000 |
| City of Granite Falls | Granite Falls | Get to Know Granite Falls – Then & Now | $7,000 |
| Canby Area Arts Council | Canby | 2021 Music on Mondays/Art in the Park | $6,581 |
| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Music at the Market/Arts in the Park | $7,000 |
| ROUND III: Funded 4/27/21 | |||
| City of Granite Falls | Granite Falls | Creative Crosswalks | $6,500 |
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | WE CAN! Event Series | $7,000 |
| Greater Milan Initiative | Milan | The Defrost Project and Greater Milan Initiative Present: We Are Milan 2021 | $7,000 |
| Green Earth Players | Luverne | Green Earth Players 2021 Fall Musical | $7,000 |
| Kerkhoven Arts Council | Kerkhoven | 2021 Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program | $7,000 |
| Lyon County Agricultural Society | Marshall | Lyon County Fair, Jason Pritchett | $7,000 |
| Marshall Area Farmers Market | Marshall | Performances in the Market | $4,000 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | MAFAC Exhibit Program May 2021 through April 2022 | $829 |
| Minnesota Pottery Festival | Hutchinson | 2021 MN Pottery Festival | $7,000 |
| City of Sunberg | Sunberg | Sunburg Heritage Arts Initiative | $6,720 |
| SWWC Foundation for Innovation in Education | Marshall | 2021 Conference for Young Artists | $7,000 |
| The Calumet Players | Pipestone | MACT One Act Play Festival in Partnership with Calumet Players | $2,499 |
| Total Art Projects: | $123,529 | ||
| Equipment & Facilities Improvement | |||
| ROUND I: Funded 3/23/2021 | |||
| Bird Island Cultural Centre | Bird Island | Replace Facility Windows & Repair Exterior Wall | $10,000 |
| Wilder Pageant Committee | Walnut Grove | This Little Light on Laura | $10,000 |
| Round II: Funded 4/27/21 | |||
| AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project) | Pipestone | Computer Equipment | $10,000 |
| Blue Mound Area Theatre | Luverne | Livestreaming Multi-Camera Installation | $9,771 |
| Crow River Players | New London | Little Theatre Sound Stage | $10,000 |
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | YES! House Media Lab & Maker Space | $10,000 |
| Granite Area Arts Council | Granite Falls | Bike Art Cart, Maker’s Market, flooring, etc. | $9,817 |
| Greater Litchfield Opera House | Litchfield | Stage, Sound and Lighting Enhancement | $9,840 |
| Willmar Community Theatre/The Barn Theatre | Willmar | Replace/upgrade Website and Curtain Track for gifted curtains | $8,255 |
| Total Equipment & Facilities Improvement: | $87,683 | ||
| Monthly Grants | |||
| Going Virtual: Funded 10/27/2020 | |||
| Granite Area Arts Council | Granite Falls | Equipment and Training for Virtual Classes | $826 |
| Going Virtual: Funded 11/24/2020 | |||
| AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project) | Pipestone | A New Way | $1,000 |
| Big Stone Arts Council | Ortonville | Big Stone Arts Council Membership Virtual Outreach | $1,000 |
| Crow River Players | New London | Little Theatre’s Open Mic Online | $1,000 |
| Marshall Area Stage Company | Marshall | Video Camera for virtual now & forward-focus program | $1,000 |
| Pipestone Performing Arts Center | Pipestone | Virtual Performance Series | $1,000 |
| Going Virtual: Funded 12/18/2020 | |||
| Blue Mound Area Theatre/The Palace Theatre | Luverne | Streaming Equipment for the Palace | $995 |
| Wilder Pageant Committee | Walnut Grove | YOLO Laura 2021 | $988 |
| Going Virtual: Funded 01/26/2021 | |||
| Lake Benton Opera House | Lake Benton | Virtual Equipment & Software | $958 |
| Willmar Community Theatre/The Barn Theater | Willmar | Barn Theatre Going Virtual | $1,000 |
| Going Virtual: Funded 02/23/2021 | |||
| Worthington Memorial Auditorium | Worthington | Going Virtual at MAPAC | $1,000 |
| Art Legacy Project Planning | |||
| Funded 4/27/21 | |||
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Granite Falls City Artist-in-Residence Sustainability & Expansion Planning | $2,500 |
| Arts Organization Development: Funded 01/26/2021 | |||
| Granite Area Arts Council | Granite Falls | Maker’s Market Development | $2,500 |
| Funded 4/27/21 | |||
| Department of Public Transformation | Granite Falls | Work with Contracted Capital Campaign Expert | $2,500 |
| New London Arts and Culture Alliance | New London | Strategic Planning and Board Development | $2,500 |
| Total Monthly Grants: | $20,767 | ||
| Operating Support | |||
| Year Two (Awarded in FY2020 but granted in FY2021) | |||
| Crow River Players | New London | Operating Support Year 2 | $3,655 |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | Hutchinson | Operating Support Year 2 | $14,761 |
| Jackson Center for the Arts | Jackson | Operating Support Year 2 | $3,257 |
| Marshall Area Fine Arts Council | Marshall | Operating Support Year 2 | $9,466 |
| Milan Village Arts School | Milan | Operating Support Year 2 | $8,827 |
| Wilder Pageant Committee | Walnut Grove | Operating Support Year 2 | $14,722 |
| Willmar Area Arts Council | Willmar | Operating Support Year 2 | $6,784 |
| Winsted Arts Council | Winsted | Operating Support Year 2 | $5,901 |
| Total Operating Support Year Two Grants: | $67,373 | ||
| Arts in the Schools | |||
| ROUND I: Funded 11/24/2020 | |||
| Dawson-Boyd Schools | Dawson | Dulcimers in the Time of COVID | $3,772 |
| Lakeview Public School | Cottonwood | Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency | $4,000 |
| RTR School District | Tyler | Virtual Music Residency 2020 | $3,960 |
| Southwest Minnesota State University-Music Dept. | Marshall | Oliver Nelson Jr. Jazz Residency | $4,000 |
| Yellow Medicine East Schools | Granite Falls | Paper: Cut, Fold, Sculpt | $4,000 |
| ROUND I: Funded 2/23/2021 | |||
| RTR | Tyler | History & Heritage of Tribal People | $3,001 |
| Round III: Funded 5/25/21 | |||
| BOLD Public Schools | Olivia | Plein Air Art Field Trip | $937 |
| RTR School District | Tyler | Copper Street Brass Residency | $4,000 |
| Total Arts in the Schools Grants: | $27,670 | ||
| Individual Artist-Art Study Opportunity for Youth | |||
| Funded 4/27/21 | |||
| Brooke Schlegel | Lake Lillian | Watercolor study with artist Michele Steffen | $500 |
| Georgia Rabaey | Marshall | All State Orchestra Summer Camp | $500 |
| Maggie Setrum | Raymond | Violin lessons with Lisa Zeller | $500 |
| Individual Artist-Equity | |||
| Funded 11/24/2020 | |||
| Autumn Cavender-Wilson | Granite Falls | Wowicakekage | $4,000 |
| Funded 11/24/2020 | |||
| Jammie Niemeyer | Maynard | Portraits: Multicultural Leaders throughout American History | $4,000 |
| Funded 3/23/2021 | |||
| John Edwards | Hutchinson | Skateland Mini Doc Project | $4,000 |
| Individual Artist- Established Career | |||
| ROUND I: Funded 9/22/2020 | |||
| Daniel Bernstrom | Worthington | Picture Book Development Grant | $6,958 |
| Fern Cloud | Granite Falls | NA Traditional Bison Robe Painting | $7,000 |
| Zachary Ploeger | Pipestone | Trumpet Repertoire Recording Project | $7,000 |
| Lucy Tokheim | Dawson | Heroes of the Middle Ages, Walking the Primstav | $7,000 |
| ROUND I: Funded 2/23/2021 | |||
| Karen Jenson | Appleton | Karen Jenson Portfolio 2021 | $7,000 |
| John Sterner | Marshall | Inktober being Lakota Journeys | $7,000 |
| David Strom | Windom | D. Strom Drawings to Paintings | $7,000 |
| Dan Wahl | Walnut Grove | Don’t Doubt Your Horses | $5,595 |
| Individual Artist-Emerging | |||
| ROUND I: Funded 9/22/2020 | |||
| Rhonda Buerkle | Glencoe | Children’s Book | $2,500 |
| Deborah Meyer | Madison | Sri Lanka in Watercolors | $1,310 |
| Mary KG Seifert | Willmar | Novel Publishing Preparation | $2,500 |
| ROUND I: Funded 2/23/2021 | |||
| Laura Deleski | Willmar | Genealogy Quilt | $2,500 |
| Jason Frank | Ortonville | Old Glacier’s Almanac | $2,500 |
| Maggie Fuller | Montevideo | ME Fuller Emerging Artist | $2,500 |
| Erik Hatlestad | New London | Music of Agrarian Struggle | $2,500 |
| John Kellen | Willmar | Up Close and Personal | $2,500 |
| Total Individual Artist Grants Awarded: | $86,855 | ||
| Prairie Disciple Award | |||
| Rosemary Glesener | Bird Island | Prairie Disciple Award 2021 | $1,000 |
| 2021 TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED: | $492,993 |
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