Region News

Jewelry Designer Liz Bucheit Wins First Place in New York Jewelry Design Competition
 
Jewelry designer and goldsmith Liz Bucheit of Lanesboro, MN is a first place winner in the Bridal Wear Category of the Women’s Jewelry Association’s “Dazzle Diva” Design Competition.  The Women’s Jewelry Association, founded in 1983, is the preeminent association of professional women in the jewelry, watch and related businesses.  WJA, which operates through the national office in New York, comprises a network of 12 regional chapters and an international affiliate in India.  WJA hosts an annual “Diva Design” competition for jewelers and designers with a different theme each year.  Bucheit placed first in the Bridal Wear Category for her “Queen for a Day” bridal tiara hand- fabricated from sterling silver wire, hand-cut drusey quartz leaves and black and white pearls.  As a winner she will travel on an expense paid trip toNew York City in March 2013 to the WJA Members Gala Event to receive her award.  Liz Bucheit is the owner of Crown Trout Jewelers in Lanesboro, MN.  Contact Liz at: 612-756-2908   www.crowntrout.com

Liz Bucheit is a recent recipient of a McKnight Individual Artist Grant from SEMAC.

Art Organizations on YouTube

The recent Minnesota State Arts Board video project about the Legacy Amendment  features some local arts people.  Thanks to them in the creation of great art and in helping tell the story of art outcomes and the local impact.  Follow this link to see the video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJd42BVxOj8

Arts & Cultural Heritage Grants

Since its inception in February 2010, the Arts & Cultural Heritage Grant program has awarded 136 grants to nonprofit arts and non-arts organizations located in the SEMAC region. The following activities were funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council through the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

 Fiscal Year 2010 = $332,187

Fillmore County

  • Commonweal Theatre Company - $20,000 for Commonweal Presents
  • Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative – $6,000 for the Play! in the Barn series
  • Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center – $6,400 for the Stringwood masterclass
  • Lanesboro Arts Center – $12,000 for the iron casting/sculpture project
  • Northland Words – $10,000 toward theater classes for young people
  • Southeast MN Bluegrass Association – $3,055 for bluegrass jam camp

Goodhue County

  • Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies – $1,350 for children’s book celebration
  • Art Reach – $3,200 for at-risk middle school art classes
  • Picaresque II – $10,000 for The Story of Music, Stories from Home

Mower County

  • Northwestern Singers – $4,000 toward annual spring concert

Olmsted County

  • Children’s Dance Theatre – $10,000 for partnership with the MN Ballet
  • Choral Arts Ensemble – $10,000 toward Symphonic Chorus
  • City of Rochester Music Department – $50,000 for World Music Series Pilot
  • Honors Choirs of Southeast MN – $10,000 toward third annual summer musical
  • John Marshall High School – $10,000 for leaded glass installation project
  • Olmsted Medical Center – $10,000 for artwork display at OMC locations
  • Olmsted Medical Center – $10,000 outdoor sculpture for OMC main clinic
  • RCTC & RPL - $1,250 for performances by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
  • Rochester Arts Council – $10,000 toward artist stipends for public art benches
  • Rochester Arts Council – $10,000 in artist stipends for ARTikids
  • Rochester Civic Theatre – $10,000 for a play at the RACE exhibit
  • Rochester Dance Company – $10,000 for eclectic dance performance Rise
  • Rochester Music Guild – $7,800 toward scholarship competition and recitals
  • Southeastern MN Youth Orchestras – $13,632 for a community outreach partnership

Rice County

  • ArtOrg – $10,000 for the Five Sculptures project
  • Boys of America Brass Band – $10,000 toward 20th season multimedia show
  • Lockwood Theater Company – $10,000 for the musical melodrama Jesse
  • Northfield Public Library – $5,000 toward annual Books & Stars program
  • Paradise Center for the Arts – $10,000 for Paradise Kids theater camp
  • Vintage Band Music Festival – $10,000 to provide free guest band concerts

Steele County

  • Owatonna Arts Center – $10,000 toward a marathon of clay pot throwing
  • Vega Productions – $5,500 for an after-school guitar program

Wabasha County

  • Jon Hassler Theater – $10,000 to provide seating for low-income patrons
  • Plainview Economic Development Authority – $3,000 for five summer musical concerts

Fiscal  Year 2011 = $402,416

Fillmore County

  • Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative – $4,200 for the Play! In the Barn series 2011
  • Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center – $6,800 for Stringwood Festival Concerts
  • Lanesboro Arts Center – $9,000 toward Lanesboro Artist Residencies
  • Northland Words – $31,365 for the 2011 Production Season
  • Northland Words – $38,759 for two added productions and classes
  • Southeast MN Bluegrass Association – $3,725 for second project in pilot jam camp

Freeborn County

  • Freeborn County Agricultural Society – $3,150 for free stage entertainment at Freeborn County Fair

Goodhue County

  • Picaresque II – $2,450 for The Story of Music from Home

Houston County

  • Giants of the Earth Heritage Center – $10,000 for Giants Folk and Fine Arts School

Mower County

  • Austin Symphony Orchestra – $7,500 for Connecting Community project
  • Northwestern Singers – $2,195 for the annual spring concert
  • Riverland Community College – $7,805 towards a corrections public mural project

Olmsted County

  • Ability Building Center – $10,000 for Empowering Through Art
  • C Productions – $9,897 toward The Syringa Tree one-woman show
  • City of Rochester Music Department – $35,500 for World Music Series Pilot, Year 2
  • Rochester Art Center – $10,000 for Adolescence Through the Lens
  • Rochester Arts Council – $10,000 toward ARTigras 2011
  • Rochester Civic Theatre – $10,000 for Moving Forward, Giving Back
  • Rochester Dance Company – $10,000 for the Wizard of Oz and other classics
  • Rochester Repertory Theatre – $10,000 toward Lighting the Rep Stage
  • Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale – $10,000 for SEMSA Playing with the Pros
  • Samaritan Bethany Foundation – $10,000 to create display of regional artwork
  • Southeastern MN Youth Orchestras – $13,850 for continued partnership with YMCA

Rice County

  • Mural Society of Faribault – $10,000 for 2010 tilt-a-whirl Mural Project
  • Northfield Senior Citizens – $10,000 to provide arts programmming for seniors
  • Paradise Center for the Arts – $15,000 for a visual arts educational program

Steele County

  • Main Street Mural Committee – $10,000 for Owatonna’s Main Street Mural Project
  • Vega Productions – $14,600 to expand the after-school guitar program

Wabasha County

  • Jon Hassler Theater – $10,000 to provide seating for low-income patrons

Winona County

  • Land Stewardship Project – $8,300 for the play Look Who’s Knockin’
  • Minnesota Marine Art Museum – $39,990 for a community engagement initiative
  • Winona Area Public Schools – $8,330 to expand artist residency programs
  • Winona Fine Arts Commission – $10,000 to provide Family Art Day Extravaganza

Fiscal Year 2012 = $343,685

Fillmore County

  • Commonweal Theatre Company – $10,000 for Post Apprentice Fellowship
  • Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative – $3,200 for Play! in the Barn
  • Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center – $9,200 for Stringwood Festival Concerts
  • Fillmore Central Schools – $3,200 for the Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency
  • Lanesboro Arts Center – $9,200 for Lanesboro Residency Project
  • Northland Words – $10,000 for Words Players Jr. Troupe and Shakespeare Theatre Events

Freeborn County

  • Freeborn County Fair – $4,600 for A Touch of Broadway

 Goodhue County

  • Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies – $3,725 for Poetry Reading by Ted Kooser, former U.S. Poet Laureate
  • Canon Falls High School – $3,200 for the Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency
  • Fairview Red Wing Health Services – $5,400 for Sheldon at Fairview: Arts for Your Health
  • Kenyon-Wanamingo High School – $4,000 for the Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency
  • Picaresque II – $4,300 for The Story of Music, Stories from Home

Mower County

  • Austin Community Charitable Fund – $10,000 for Austin Artworks Festival artist fees

 Olmsted County

  • Cambodian Association of Rochester – $10,000 for a Cambodian Traditional Arts Presentation
  • Children’s Dance Theatre – $3,335 for the Summer Dance Intensive
  • City of Rochester Music Department – $10,000 for World Music Series Pilot, 2012
  • City of Rochester Music Department – $10,000 for World Music mini-residencies, 2013
  • Diversity Council – $10,000 for Celebration of Diversity and Inclusivity
  • Hambone Music Festival – 410,000 for the 2012 festival
  • Rochester Arts Council – $10,000 for ARTigras 2012
  • Rochester Music Guild – $6,850 for Scholarship Competition and Winners’ Recitals 2012
  • Rochester Music Guild – $5,430 for Scholarship Competition and Winners’ Recitals 2013
  • Rochester Repertory Theatre – $10,000 for Completion of the Sitting Pretty Campaign
  • Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale – $10,000 for Playing with the Pros: A Concerto Preparatory Experience
  • Samaritan Bethany Foundation – $10,000 for Art Access for Life
  • Sing Out Loud – 10,000 for formation of Bella Fiore teaching Choir and the Sing Out Loud? Young Women’s Choral Festival
  • Southeastern MN Youth Orchestras – $10,000 for a music program partnership with the YMCA
  • Wit’s End Theatre – $6,200 for costuming for The Last Boy in Blue

 Rice County

  • Carleton College – $10,000 for Field Drawing From the Ground Up
  • Cello an American Experience – $6,000 for drawing world-class performers to southeastern MN
  • City of Northfield Arts & Culture Commission – $7,100 for Sidewalk Public Poetry Project
  • Northfield Public Schools – $4,150 for Northfield Young Sculptors Project
  • Northfield Public Schools Community Services Division – $6,500 for Books & Stars 2012
  • Paradise Center for the Arts – $10,000 for the musical Into the Woods with Northfield Arts Guild

 Steele County

  • Owatonna Arts Center – $10,000 for Children’s/Teen Education Supervisor
  • Riverland Community College – $10,000 for Community Corrections Partnershp Public Mural Project
  • Vega Productions – 7,590 for after school Guitar Program

 Wabasha County

  • Lake City Music Boosters – $3,000 for the Anne Drummond Artist Residency
  • Wabasha-Kellogg Public School – $4,000 for the Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency

 Winona County

  • Frozen River Film Festival – $10,000 for Frozen River Film Festival 2012
  • Great River Shakespeare Festival – $10,000 for workshop and staged reading of Georama
  • Minnesota Marine Art Museum – $10,000 for Craig Blacklock’s Lake Superior and related programs
  • Project FINE – $10,000 for Cultural Art and Ancestry
  • SEED Performance Art – $10,000 for the Experiment Performance Series
  • Winona State University – $3,505 for summer Shakespeare symposiums

Fiscal Year 2013 = $204,981 to date

 Dodge County

  • Dodge County Historical Society - $3,285 for production of A Mother’s Story at Wasioja Civil War Days

Fillmore County

  • Commonweal Theatre Company - $10,000 for the Commonweal Theatre’s Ibsen Tour
  • Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center - $9,750 for the 2013 Stringwood Music Festival
  • Lanesboro Art Center - $8,950 for the Lanesboro Artist Residency Project

Goodhue County

  • Sheldon Memorial Theatre - $10,000 for Sheldon School of the Performing Arts 2013 Sessions

Mower County

  • Austin Symphony Orchestra - $10,000 for the 56th Season: A Musical Potpourri

Olmsted County

  • Diversity Council - $10,000 for Celebrating Diversity and Inclusivity
  • Hambone Music Festival - $10,000 for the 2013 Hambone Music Festival
  • Northland Words – $10,000 for the 2013 Annual Jr. Troupe and Shakespeare Productions
  • Rochester Art Center - $10,000 for Adolescence Through the Lens
  • Rochester Arts Council - $10,000 for ARTigras V
  • Rochester Dance Company - $7,000 for The Nutcracker: A Tradition for All
  • Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale - $10,000 for Symphonic Interactive Media Art
  • Ronald McDonald House of Rochester Minnesota – $10,000 for Hand in Hand – Heartists Helping Children

Rice County

  • Bridge Chamber Music Festival - $9,900 for Chamber Music, Jazz Concerts and Community Outreach
  • City of Northfield Arts & Culture Commission – $10,000 for the 2013 Sidewalk Public Poetry Project
  • Laura Baker Services -$4,905 for Bridging with Taiko
  • Northfield Public Schools - $6,635 for the Northfield Young Sculptors Project
  • Northfield Senior Citizens – $4,096 for the Senior Women’s Chorus and NSC Gallery
  • Vintage Band Festival - $5,000 for Road to the VBF Pre-Festival Programs

Steele County

  • Owatonna Arts Center - $10,000 for the 21st Annual Owatonna Festival of the Arts

Winona Count

  • Frozen River Film Festival - $10,000 for the 2013 Frozen River Film Festival
  • Great River Shakespeare Festival - $8,605 for the 2013 Concerts on the Green Series
  • Minnesota Marine Art Museum $6,855 for Youth Art Month Programming

With the passage of the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment, the people of Minnesota voted to create new resources for land and water conservation, parks, and the arts.  As part of that mandate, the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund was created, establishing a strong arts legacy and preserving our cultural heritage by supporting innovative arts activities that increase access to the arts, life-long arts learning opportunities, and cultural experiences.  Arts & Cultural Heritage Grants support activities in three key areas as established in the Minnesota Constitution:

  1. Arts & Arts Access
  2. Arts Education
  3. Arts & Cultural Heritage

SEMAC strongly encourages applicants to research and develop projects that incorporate two or more of the key areas with an emphasis on creating lasting partnerships among regional nonprofit arts organizations and other nonprofit groups.

 The next postmark deadline for Arts & Cultural Heritage Grants is Monday, April 1, 2013.

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