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
Grants Awarded
FY 2021
Art Legacy Projects
Funded 3/23/2021
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
