Grants Awarded

July 2024-Current

Organization Grants Awarded

Operating Support

Funded 12/01/24

AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project): Jasper, $6073

Cultural Center: Bird Island, $7890

Dawson-Boyd Arts Association: Dawson, $8043

Hutchinson Center for the Arts: Hutchinson, $14239

Little Theatre Auditorium: New London, $9562

MAFAC (Marshall Area Fine Arts Council): Marshall, $6246

Milan Village Arts School: Milan, $7503

Pipestone Performing Arts Center: Pipestone, $14285

Wilder Pageant Committee: Walnut Grove, $15907

Willmar Area Arts Council: Willmar, $5409

Winsted Arts Council: Winsted, $4843

Public Art

Funded 1/28/25

Reclaim Community: Jasper, Bauman Hall Arts/Inviting Jasper, $20000

The City of Cottonwood: Veterans Memorial Park Sculpture, $20000

The Little Theatre Auditorium: New London, Pocket Park Greenspace Mural, $13000

Art Projects

Funded 8/27/24

Al Opland Singers: Pipestone, 46 Season, $7000

Department of Public Transformation: Granite Falls, River Valley Ripple Artist Residency 2025, $7000

Luverne Initiative for Tomorrow (LIFT): The Nutcracker Story Ballet, $7000

Meander Art Crawl: Upper Minnesota River Valley, Meander 2025, $7000

Midwest Music Foundation: Pipestone, Broader Pipestone Community Winter Band Intensive, $7000

Prairie Arts Chorale: Marshall, Fall 2024 Concert Season, $6500

Prairie Winds Concert Band: Willmar, Indoor and Outdoor Concerts and Outreach, $3750

Rock County Historical Society: Luverne, The Lovejoy Legacy, $7000

Southwest Minnesota Orchestra: Marshall, Fall Concert, $7000

The City of Sunburg: Growing Sunburg Community Music 2025, $7000

Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra: October & December Concerts, $7000

Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra: "Rockin' with Rachmaninoff" - Holiday Concert , $7000

Funded 4/22/25

The Barn Theatre: Willmar, Late Summer 2025 Productions, $7000
Benson Public Schools: Summer Children's Theater, $4000
Crow River Singers: Hutchinson, 2025-2026 Concert Series, $5400
Dakota Wicohan: Morton, Tawokaga Summer 2025 Star Quilt Class, $7000
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association: Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience, $7000
Dawson-Boyd School District: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Exploring Mental Health, $7000
Foundation for Innovation in Education: Marshall, 2025 Conference for Young Artists, $7000
Friends of the Edgerton Library: Missoula Children's Theatre: Blackbeard the Pirate, $2781
JD Productions: Jackson, Production of 'Moonglow' Summer 2025, $7000
The Little Theatre Auditorium: New London, Autumn Equinox Water Ballet, $7000
Marshall Area Fine Arts Council: Base Concert Series 2025-2026, $3865
Marshall Pride: 2025 Pride, $6990
Montevideo Community Education: Summer - Fall 2025 Community Art Education, $7000
Murray County Historical Society: Dinehart Holt House Front Porch 2025 Music Series, $3050
Rhythm of the River: Jackson, 2025 Summer Festival, $7000
Spicer Beautification Committee: 2025 Spicer Music in the Park, $7000
The Willmar Area Arts Council: Keeping Art in Willmar Fests, $5000

Funded 12/17/24

Calumet Players: Pipestone, Honk: The Musical, $7000

City of Buffalo Lake: Buffalo Lake Mural, $7000

Dakota Wicohan: Morton, Tawokaga Quiltmaking, $6990

Hutchinson Center for the Arts: 2025 Visual Arts Exhibition Series, $3430

Kerkhoven Arts Council: 2025 KMS Summer Youth Musical Theater Production, $7000

Minnesota Pottery Festival: Hutchinson, 2025 Festival, $7000

Prairie Arts Continuum: Windom, Production of the musical "The Addams Family", $7000

RiverSong Music Festival: Hutchinson, 2025 Festival, $7000

Sunburg Community Music: Community Music Camp, $7000

Tyler Arts Council: Summer Theater 2025, $7000

Willmar Area Arts Council: 2025 Studio Hop, $3575

Worthington International Festival: 2025 Festival, $3143

Quick Support

Funded 8/27/24

Department of Public Transformation: Granite Falls, The YES! House Advisory Council, $2500
Redwood Area Arts: Start-Up Equipment and Supplies, $2500

Funded 9/24/24

Kerkhoven Arts Council: Bus for Seniors to Chanhassen Dinner Theater, $2500

Funded 12/17/24

Dakota Wicohan: Morton, Koska Coming of Aage Art Series, $2500

Southwest Minnesota Orchestra: Marshall, Woodwind Chair Purchase, $2443

Funded 2/25/25

2B CONTINUED: Glencoe, Mental Health Toolbox Workshop , $2500
The Barn Theatre: Willmar, Employee Handbook Evaluation , $2250
Granite Falls Living at Home Block Nurse Program: Hearing the Voices of Memorial Park, $2500

Funded 3/25/25

Redwood Area Arts: Development of Brand and Public Identity/Visibility, $2500
Southwest Minnesota State University's Music Department: Marshall, Commission of Choral Setting of Poetry by Saara Myrene Raappana, $2000

Funded 4/22/25

Bird Island Cultural Centre: In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, $1935
The City of Marshall: Juneteenth Community Art Project, $800
The City of Tracy: Summer Art Camps, $2500
Dakota Wicohan: Morton, Enhancing Staff & Board Development, $2500
Jackson Center for the Arts: Youth Open Studio Project, $2394
Sunburg Community Music: Expanded Sound Systems, $1190
Tyler Area Arts Council: Give My Regards to Broadway: Songs of Stage &Screen, $1160

Funded 5/27/25

The City of Willmar: 2025 Welcoming Week, $2500
Creative Healing Space: Worthington, Signage for New Location, $2500
Granite Area Arts Council: International Art Exhibit - Bonito Pescado, $2500
West Central Singers: Willmar, Community Involvement Development & Video Update , $1853

Equipment & Facilities Improvement Grants

Funded 2/25/25

AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project): Pipestone, Dance Program Equipment, $8466
Pipestone Performing Arts Center: Sound Equipment Repair + PA Installation, $9533
Prairie Arts Continuum: Windom, Replace Broken & Outdated Wireless Microphones, $10000
Redwood Area Arts: Exhibition Background, Displays and Lighting, $10000
West Central Connection Barbershop Chorus: Willmar, Replace Sound Equipment, $9318
The Yes! House: Granite Falls, Music Venue & Recording Studio Equipment, $9951

Total Organizational Grants: $510,767

Arts in the Schools Grants Awarded

Funded 8/27/24

Lac qui Parle Valley School District: Madison, Six Appeal A Cappella Residency, $4000

Pipestone Area School: Pete Hansen Percussion Residency 2024-2025, $3960

Funded 9/24/24

Bert Raney Elementary School: Granite Falls, Music Residency with Ross Sutter, $3986

Funded 10/22/24

Dawson-Boyd Schools: Dawson, Digging into Dulcimers, $3864

Southwest Minnesota State University Music Department: Marshall, Kate Skinner Jazz Residency, $4000

Willmar Senior High School: Willmar, Jazz Festival, $3000

Funded 12/17/24

Lakeview Public School: Cottonwood, Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency, $3976

Funded 1/28/25

Ortonville Community Education: Black Hills Play House: You Look Marvelous, $3800

Funded 2/25/25

Cedar Mountain Schools: Morgan, Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition, $2726
Ellsworth Public School: Dakota Players Theatre Residency, $4000

Funded 3/25/25

KMS Public Schools: Kerkhoven, Field Trip to Walker Art Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, $1250

Total Schools Grants: $38,562

Individual Artist Grants & Awards

Artist Growth

Funded 11/26/24

Lisa Bergh: New London, Solo Exhibition at St. John's University, $4000
Nicole Brenny: Boyd, Lighting for Cinematic Short Films, $4000
Nicole Crivellone: Marshall, Growth, Network Building & Getting Involved in My Community, $4000
Valora Frazier: Montevideo, Live Autopsy: The Pleasures & Pain of Experimental Living, $4000
Tammy Grubbs: Pipestone, Unbound: A Journey of Creative Freedom, $4000
David KelseyBassett: Lamberton, Peaceful Transfer of Power (and album by Rube), $4000
Julia Redner: Echo, The Shapes of You, $1600
Jannet Walsh: Murdock, Nonfiction Writing Project: Wolfe Islander, $4000

Funded 5/27/25

Edie Barrett: Ortonville, New Website, $2345
Brian Jeremiason: Minneota, Training & Lenz, $3971
Rebby Lee: Fulda, The Songwriter, $4000
Tony Moger: Dundee, Artist Songwriting Growth and Recording Album, $4000
Toni ONeil: Morton, Revitalizing Tradition - Powwow regalia for Lower Sioux Indian Community, $4000
Doug Pederson: Montevideo, Complete Book Focusing on My Art Over the Years, $3000
Kari Weber: New London, Introducing Collage into Landscape Paintings, $4000
Sima Amid Wewetzer: Marshall, Wildlife of Minnesota, $4000
Luke Willitz: Fairfax, Honing my Wheel-Thrown Pottery Skills , $4000

Artist Equity

Funded 10/22/24

Shyanna Johnson: Redwood Falls, Artist Exploration, $4000

Funded 3/25/25

Shyanna Johnson: Redwood Falls, Artist Workspace Improvements, $3865
Kay Williams: Redwood Falls, Artist Cry for Help, $3573

Quick Support

Funded 8/27/24

Kristi Link Fernholz: Appleton, Purchase a new fine art printer, $1000
Josette Jones: Morton, Regalia with traditional and original applique, $1000
Ann Lamecker: Hutchinson, Digital Design Artistic Development, $696
Kerry Ward: Glencoe, Encaustic Exploration using mixed media, $793

Funded 2/25/25

Justin Beck: Hutchinson, Camera & Lens for New Photo Projects, $1000
Rachel Kepler: Montevideo, Continued Growth to Establish Myself as an Artist in the Community, $1000
Meredith Semel: Ortonville, Prairie Flora & Fauna Themed Stained Glass, $1000

Funded 3/25/25

Matthew Borchert: Marietta, Equipment Purchase, $1000

Funded 5/27/25

Nikki Bettcher Erickson: Willmar, Common Ground "The Laramie Project" Revisited, $1000

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Funded 12/17/24

Paityn Wolf: Willmar, Piano Lessons, $500

Funded 3/25/25

Addison Kainz: Tracy, Attend summer workshop at Balleraena Dance Studio, $500

Funded 4/22/25

Sophia Budd: Benson, Attend International Music Camp, $500

Funded 5/27/25

Sophie Haase: Murdock, Attend Concordia Vocal Camp, $375
Linea Koch: Lynd, Attend Prairie Strings Music Festival, $270
Clara Purrington: Marshall, Attend Prairie Strings Music Festival, $295
Gregory Rabaey: Marshall, Attend Prairie Strings Music Festival, $395
Mason Solem: Dawson, Attend Concordia Vocal Camp, $500
George Thesing: Madison, Attend Concordia Vocal Camp, $500

Special Awards

Funded 5/27/25

Prairie Disciple: William Richards, Walnut Grove, $1000

Total Awarded to Individual Artists: $87,678

2025 Total Grants Awarded: $637,007

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