Madison Arts Council: Hwy 40 Welcome Mural, $17600
Grants Awarded
July 2025-June 2026
Organization Grants Awarded
Public Art
Funded 1/27/26
Art Projects
Funded 8/26/25
Eden Valley-Watkins Community Education, The Olympians Musical, $4000
FungusAmongus Players: Dassel, Production of the musical "Newsies", $10000
Hutchinson Center for the Arts: 2026 Visual Arts Exhibition Series, $9700
Meander Art Crawl: Appleton, 2026 Studio Tours, $10000
Pipestone Performing Arts Center: Selena Tribute Concert, $6730
Prairie Arts Chorale: Marshall, Fall 2025 Concert Season, $10000
Prairie Winds Concert Band: New London, Indoor/Outdoor Concerts & Outreach Ensembles, $4000
Southwest Minnesota Orchestra: Marshall, Fall 2025 Concert: Fate and the Faustian Bargain, $8275
Sunburg Community Music: 2026 Sunburg Fiddle & Strings, $10000
SWWC Foundation for Innovation: Marshall, 2026 Conference for Young Writers, $10000
The YES! House: Granite Falls, River Valley Ripple Artist Residency 2026, $10000
Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra: October & February Concerts, $10000
Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra: "Classical Treasures" Holiday Concert, $8000
Funded 12/16/25
Calumet Players: Pipestone, The Wizard of Oz, $10000
Granite Falls Historical Society: Mde Iyedan and The Progressive Era Historic Art Maps, $9500
Hutchinson Theatre Company: 2026 Musical: Grease and Dinner Theatre: Mashed Potatoes and Davey, $10000
Jackson Center for the Arts: 10th Anniversary Concert Series, $8394
Little Theatre Auditorium: New London, New London Lore: Sewer Cats, $8000
Minnesota Pottery Festival: Hutchinson, 2026 Festival, $10000
Prairie Arts Chorale: Marshall, Spring 2026 Concert Season, $9100
Prairie Arts Continuum: Windom, Community Production Mamma Mia!, $5500
Purpose Artisans: The Willmar Project Spring 2026 Staged Readings & Community Conversations, $10000
RiverSong Music Festival: Hutchinson, 2026 Festival, $10000
Sunburg Community Music: Music Camp 2026, $10000
Tyler Arts Council: 2026 Theater Season, $8200
Willmar Area Arts Council: Studio Hop 2026, $8200
Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra: Celebrate America! May 2026 Concert, $8000
Funded 4/28/26
Al Opland Singers: Pipestone, Season 48, $8625
AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project): Pipestone, Summer Musical Theater Camps, $9985
Benson Public Schools: 2026 Summer Community Children's Theater, $4000
Canby Area Arts Council: Circus Arts Residency/Chalk Festival/2026-2027 Series of Classes, $10000
City of Adrian: 150th Anniversary Public Art Mural, $8650
City of Tracy: Waves of Color: A Youth Fence Art Project, $5000
Clinton Women's Civic Club: Main Street Community Mural, $10000
Crow River Singers: Hutchinson, 2026-2027 Concert Series, $7000
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association: Quarantined Quartet--Spanish Classical Flamenco Guitar World Music, $10000
Discover Downtown Redwood Falls: Downtown Mural, $9950
Enlazados USA: Willmar, 2026 Afro-Peruvian Festejo performances, dance and cajon classes in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, $10000
Fort Belmont: Jackson, 2026 Pioneer Days Rendezvous, $1659
Kerkhoven Arts Council: 2026 KMS Summer Youth Musical Theater Production, $10000
Lake Benton Opera House: Summer Season 2026 Production of Into the Woods, $8000
Litchfield Downtown Council: Celebrating Our 250th in Litchfield, $1500
Madison Mercantile: Prairie Arts Programming 2026, $10000
Marshall Pride: 2026 Marshall Pride Weekend, $5166
Murray County Historical Society: Slayton, Dinehart Holt House Front Porch Concert Series 2026, $4600
Pipestone Performing Arts Center: PAC Season 33, $10000
Prairie Arts Continuum: Windom, Children's Theatre Week with Storybook Theatre, $3000
Rhythm of the River: Jackson, 2026 Summer Festival, $10000
Southwest Minnesota Orchestra: Marshall, 2026 Prairie Strings Music Festival, $9440
Spicer Beautification Committee: 2026 Spicer Music in the Park, $7000
Starlight on Main Theatre Company: Montevideo, Summer & Fall Productions, $9000
SWWC Foundation for Innovation in Education: Marshall, 2026 Young Conference for Artists, $10000
Willmar Area Arts Council: Keeping Art in Willmar Events, $9900
Worthington International Festival: 2026 Festival, $10000
Yellow Medicine County 4-H: Clarkfield, Art on the Move: Inspiring Creativity Across Communities, $9182
Equipment & Facilities Improvements
Funded 2/24/26
Al Opland Singers: Pipestone, Paint the PPAC, $10000
Bird Island Cultural Centre: Replace Facility Furnace, $10000
FungusAmongus Players: Dassel, Sound and Lighting System Upgrades, $9206
Gneiss Collective: Granite Falls, Performance Space Sound & Lighting Upgrade, $5126
Greater Litchfield Opera House: Upgrade Lighting, Add Recording Capabilities, $7923
Pipestone Performing Arts Center: RadioCom Belt Packs & Headsets, $2838
Calumet Players: Pipestone, Theatrical Special Effects, $7917
Willmar Area Arts Council: Office and WEAC Update, $2434
Quick Support
Funded 8/26/25
City of New London: Visual Art Exhibition Space & Programming, $2500
Friends of the Auditorium: Worthington, Local Musicians Preshow & Intermission Performances, $2500
Montevideo Creatives: 501(c)(3) Application, $665
Tracy Area Community Education: Fall/Winter 2025 Painting & Charcoal Workshops, $1152
Willmar Area Arts Council: Community Support Development Project 2025, $2500
Funded 10/28/25
Madison Mercantile: Lac qui Parle Norsefest, $2500
Funded 11/22/25
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association: Drum Set Enhancement Project, $2470
Olivia's House of Hope: Olivia, Watercolor Art Class, $1400
Funded 12/16/25
Hutchinson Center for the Arts: ArtMates Art Club for Adults, $2456
Mini Sota Agricultural Children's Museum: Benson, Brush & Bloom: Growing Creative Skills in Rural Minnesota, $2500
Funded 2/24/26
2B CONTINUTED: Glencoe, Mental Health Toolbox Workshops, $2500
City of Pipestone: Planning for Public Visual Arts, $2500
Midwest Music Foundation: Pipestone, Building Sustainable Fundraising Infrastructure, $2500
Funded 3/24/26
AMP (Arts & Mentoring Project): Pipestone, Spring 2026 Dance Session, $1820
MAFAC (Marshall Area Fine Arts Council): Equipment for new location, $300
Montevideo Area Community Band: Band Folder Project, $2500
Funded 4/28/26
City of Slayton: A Portrait of Place: Slayton City Hall Public Art Project, $1500
Tracy Public Library: Summer Art and Theater Camps, $2500
DEMO INC.: Svea, Creative Community Art & Theatre Workshops, $2500
Montevideo Creatives: Planning for Montevideo Murals Project, $2500
Bauman Hall Arts: Jasper, 2026 Youth Summer Classes, $2500
Redwood Area Arts: Furnishing Gathering Spaces, $2500
Funded 5/29/26
Discover Downtown Redwood Falls: Downtown Event Stage, $2473
Jackson Center for the Arts: Tenth Anniversary Bash, $1750
Madison Mercantile: Missoula Children’s Theater Residency, $2500
Rock County Community Foundation: The Fun Pianos Show, $2500
Southwest Minnesota Orchestra: Marshall, Mobile Conductor's Podium Purchase, $1703
Tracy Community Education: Teen Summer Creative Series, $2500
Total Organizational Grants: $596,533
Arts in the Schools Grants Awarded
Funded 8/26/25
Pipestone Area School: Pete Hansen Percussion Residency 2025-2026, $3600
Southwest Minnesota State University: Marshall, Voices of the Prairie, $4000
Funded 9/23/25
Bert Raney Elementary: Granite Falls, 2025 Dulcimer Residency with Ross Sutter, $3973
Southwest Minnesota State University: Marshall, Mike Dana Jazz Residency, $4000
Funded 11/25/25
Lake Ripley Elementary: Litchfield, Climb Theater at Lake Ripley Elementary, $3000
Murray County Central School District: Slayton, Twin Cities Field Trip: Broadway Exposure, $4000
Willmar Senior High School: Jazz Festival on 3/12/26, $3000
Funded 12/16/25
Dawson-Boyd Schools: Dulcimers with Ross Sutter, $4000
Hutchinson High School: Fight Director Residency, $2500
Funded 2/24/26
Independent School District 518 Band Program: Worthington, Commissioning a Multi-Leveled Piece, $1250
Funded 3/24/26
KMS Public Schools: Field Trip to American Swedish Institute, $2600
Ortonville Community Education: Theatre 605 Tours- Space Pirates, $4000
Funded 5/29/26
Appleton-Milan Elementary School: Nordic Heritage Dance and Music, $4000
Dawson-Boyd Schools: Ponyfolk- Nordic Fiddle Workshop, $3992
Redwood Area Schools: Art Museum Field Trip, $1280
Total Schools Grants: $49,195
Individual Artist Grants & Awards
Artist Growth
Funded 11/25/25
Tyler Gastecki: Granite Falls, Short Film - Squid Story, $4000
Eva Margaret: Willmar, Create new pieces for current body of work, $4000
Dani Prados: Granite Falls, I Found These Rocks (for you), $4000
Molly Schweinfurter: Redwood Falls, Macro photography & framing: Seasons of Beaver Falls Township, $4000
Joy Wambeke: Marshall, Produce and prepare two new bodies of work for publication, $4000
Andrew Webster: Hutchinson, NCECA 2026 and Taking on Teapots, $4000
Beatrice Winter: Glencoe, New Series of Abstract Paintings, $3304
Artist Growth
Funded 5/29/26
Hannah Anema: Hutchinson, Minnesota Native Fish Installation, $3645
Nikki Bettcher Erickson: Willmar, Developing an Original Musical for Young Audiences, $4000
Jessica Fox: Marshall, Foundations in Millinery: Exploring Historical & Contemp. Hat Design, $3494
Angie Guptill: Canby, Multi-purpose enclosed trailer for art and transporting wheels offsite, $4000
Olga Krasovska: Granite Falls, Magic of Light, $4000
Kaleb Krupa: Spicer, Mrs. Trauma Productions, $4000
Kristi Link Fernholz: Appleton, Framing for a Prairie Retrospective Show, $4000
Andrew Nordin: New London, Dreaming of Gudbrandsdalen: a body of work, $4000
Jessica Olson: Nassau, Firehouse Ceramic Studio, $2494
Beth Stahn: Sacred Heart, Woman Fed Up, $4000
Artist Equity
Funded 10/28/25
Andrea Duarte-Alonso: Worthington, Career Advancement Through Professional Development Tools, $2695
Daniel Jimenez: Madison, Raíces y Ritmos: A Cross-Cultural Jazz Album, $4000
Suree Sompamitwong: Round Lake, Broken Heart into Art, $4000
Funded 3/24/26
Ember Williams: Willmar, Jade Avenue: Find Your Inner Artist, $4000
Wiley Zongo: Hutchinson, Print Posters for Exposure and Marketing, $3210
Quick Support
Funded 8/26/25
Alexis Ammerman Hogan: Hutchinson, Block Printing and Embroidery, $1000
John Munson: Marshall, Make Paintings, $1000
Michelle Hooker: Windom, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness", $1000
SammyJo Miller: Walnut Grove, Visual Documentation and Portfolio Development, $968
Funded 9/23/25
Miranda Raposa: Montevideo, Montevideo Mural Project, $1000
Wičhíŋčala: Granite Falls, Dentalium wearables, $934
Funded 11/25/25
Katie Webster: Hutchinson, Decals for Woodfired Pottery, $1000
Funded 12/16/25
Heather Smith: Olivia, Bird Island Cultural Centre Watercolor Class 1&2, $1000
Anne Wedler: Marshall, Take a specialty class about ceramic decoration at Inver Hills Community College, $992
Feather Woman: Ortonville, Preservation of Native American heritage through traditional art methods, $998
Funded 1/27/26
Lynn Edwards: New London, Five day workshop on indigo dying, $985
Claudia Ryks: Willmar, Afroperuvian Dance Training Performance and Promotion Support, $1000
Vanessa Soliz: Hutchinson, Apache and English Bilingual Coloring Book for Youth, $975
Funded 2/24/26
Rhonda Buerkle: Glencoe, Artistic Development, $1000
Funded 4/28/26
Jim Krueger: Brownton, Art Start Up for Shows, $1000
Mary Haberman: Lucan, Intuitive Art Expansion, $1000
SammyJo Miller: Marshall, Portraits of Pride: Community Portrait Studio, $1000
Sheila Tabaka: Marshall, Woolen Mill visits in Scotland, $1000
Funded 5/29/26
Nathan Gilbertson: Willmar, Algorithm to Ink: Digital-to-Physical Drawings, $829
Steven Hauer: Hutchinson, One Inch Story Of Hope And Healing, $1000
Jessie Hennen: Wood Lake, New Author Website, $914
Maggie Wangen: Glencoe, The Understory (Pilot), $1000
Art Study Opportunity for Youth
Funded 8/26/25
Gracyn Wolf: Willmar, Piano Lessons, $500
Paityn Wolf: Willmar, Piano Lessons, $500
Funded 9/23/25
Mara Flesner: Tracy, Private Art Lessons with SammyJo Miller, $500
Silas Willitz: Fairfax, Piano Lessons, $370
Funded 3/24/26
Sophia Budd: Benson, Attend International Music Camp 2026, $500
Funded 4/28/26
Emily Rosenboom: Marshall, Summer Dance Intensive Camp, $500
Funded 5/29/26
Linea Koch: Lynd, 2026 Prairie Strings Music Festival, $350
Gregory Rabaey: Marshall, 2026 Prairie Strings Music Festival, $350
Claire Wambeke: Marshall, Attend Prairie Strings Fest, $500
Total Awarded to Individual Artists: $104,907
2026 Total Grants Awarded: $744,341
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