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2018 Awards

In FY2018, SEMAC awarded $767,109 in grants to 152 organizations and individuals, listed by county.

Dodge County

  • Berne Summer Concert Series received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Support for Musicians and Artisans.
  • Dodge Center Economic Development Authority received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for 2018 June Bloom Event.
  • Kasson-Mantorville Public Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Benjamin Taylor – Composer.
  • Mantorville Art Guild received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 2018 Summer Youth Art Camps.
  • Mantorville Theatre Company received a $2,150 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for 2018 Summer Melodrama Theater Camps.

Fillmore County

  • Chatfield Brass Band received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for 2018 Music in the Park Summer Concert Series.
  • Chatfield Center for the Arts received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Production Support 2018.
  • Commonweal Theatre Company received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Commonweal Theatre’s Outreach Project.
  • Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 2018 Stringwood Chamber Music Festival.
  • Fillmore Central Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Big Band Bash at Fillmore Central High School.
  • Friends of Peterson received a $6,850 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Gammel Dag Fest – A Scandinavian Midsummer Celebration.
  • Lanesboro Arts Center received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Performing Artist Engagement Program.
  • Northland Words received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Roguish Peasant Slave: Original Shakespeare-inspired Music and Play; and a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Functional improvement of our main Studio space in rural Jordan Township, Fillmore County.
  • Peterson Committee for the Arts received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for The Arts Blossom in Peterson.
  • Rushford Area Society of the Arts received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Summer Musical 2018 “Mary Poppins”.
  • Rushford-Peterson Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Two-day workshop & concert with professional jazz artists.

Freeborn County

  • Albert Lea Art Center received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Albert Lea Community Theater received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Beauty and the Beast summer musical set construction.
  • Susanne Crane received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Escape Artist Book and Exhibition.
  • Freeborn County Arts Initiative received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Facilities & Maintenance.

Goodhue County

  • Cannon Arts Board received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Cannon Falls Community Band received a $1600 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Community Band free to the public performances in 2018.
  • Hispanic Outreach Program of Goodhue County received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Hispanic Heritage Festival.
  • Kenyon Wanamingo School District received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Brass Residency with the Copper Street Brass.
  • Carol Nelson received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Performance of Minnesota Composers’ Song Cycle Settings of Poetry.
  • Red Wing Art Association received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Main Street; and a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Plein Air 2018.
  • Sheldon Memorial Auditorium received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Sheldon Extended Artist Residencies.
  • Zumbrota Area Arts Council received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses; and a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Zumbrota Summer Music and Arts Festival.
  • Zumbrota Mazeppa Public Schools received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for HVL Band Composition in memory of Dennis Conroy.

Houston County

  • Chamber Music Live received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Apollo Musical Festival 2018.
  • Houston Area Chamber of Commerce received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Lawn Chair Concert Series 2018.
  • Lanesboro Barn Dance received a $2,470 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for 2018 Lanesboro Barn Dance Series.
  • Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Facilities & Maintenance; a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for May 2018 Bluegrass Music Festival; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for August 2018 Bluegrass Festival and Workshops.

Mower County

  • Austin Area Commission for the Arts received a $5,500 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Kids Visual Arts Education 2018; and a $4,500 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for ArtRocks Open Jam Sessions at the ArtWorks Center 2018-2019.
  • Austin Community Band received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Summer Concerts in the Park.
  • Austin Symphony Orchestra received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Sarah Chang – Violin Virtuoso; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Jubilation with Austin Symphony Orchestra.
  • City of Adams received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for 150th Anniversary Musical Celebration.
  • Matchbox Children’s Theatre received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Summerset Community Theatre received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Summerset 51st Season-2018.

Olmsted County

  • Christopher Alexander received a $2,460 Emerging Artist grant for Collaborative Musicianship Development.
  • Jonathan Allen received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Distress Cycle.
  • Celebration of a City and Children’s Dance Theatre received a joint $500 Arts Management Training grant for Festival and Event Management – University of Minnesota Tourism Center.
  • Children’s Dance Theatre received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Production of Cinderella; and a $9,785 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Special Events for the 2018-2019 Season.
  • Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester received a $9,700 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Choir Country – Works by Minnesota Composers.
  • City of Rochester Music Department received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 2018 World Music Mini-Residencies.
  • Dover Eyota Music Association received a $210 Arts Management Training grant for A Cappella Educators Association National Convention; a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 2018 SE Minnesota a Cappella Workshops.
  • Debra D’Souza received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Contemporary Exploration in Ancient Mosaic Practice.
  • Eyota Days Committee received a $1,720 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre production of Cinderella.
  • Mark Hansen received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Production of “An Iliad” with Absolute Theatre at Rochester Civic Theatre.
  • Nicole Havekost received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Creating work for the exhibition “4 Square”.
  • Simon Huelsbeck received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Transplants and Transformations/People and Places of South Eastern MN.
  • Kyong Juhn received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Walk for Hope I: from 39.0221 N—35.1046 N to 44.0121 N–47.5972 N, 323.
  • Mary Beth Magyar received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Ceramic skeps made with kiln in home studio showing at RCTC June 2018.
  • Resounding Voices received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Resounding Voices Chorus.
  • Rhapsody Performing Arts For All received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for River City Rhapsody 2018 (Drum & Bugle Corps Event).
  • Riverside Central Elementary School received a $3,000 School Residency grant for A Mural by the Community, for the Community.
  • Katya Roberts received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Traverse – solo exhibition at the Rochester Art Center.
  • Rochester Chamber Music Society received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; and a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Three 2018 Concerts.
  • Rochester Dance Company received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Spring Show – Coppelia.
  • Rochester International Film Group received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for the 23rd Annual Rochester International Film Festival.
  • Rochester Male Chorus received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Spring Concert – 100 Male Voices; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Memories of Christmas.
  • Rochester Music Guild received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 54th Annual Scholarship Competition.
  • Rochester Repertory Theatre Company received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Royalties and Script Rentals for 2018; and a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Production of the original play “Three Hots and a Cot” by Theo St Mane and Debbie Fuehrer.
  • Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale received a $9,560 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Concert for Area 4th Grade Students.
  • Shorewood Senior Campus received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Aging ArtFully: Participatory Arts for Seniors.
  • Southeast Minnesota Federation Music Club received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Southeast Minnesota Federation Festival 2019.
  • Southeast Service Cooperative received a $2,800 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for 2018 Young Authors, Young Artists Middle School Conference.
  • Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association received a $2,165 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Fiddle Workshop with Zack Kline.
  • Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Concerto Competition and Performance 2018; and a $6,345 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Sectional Coaching by Professional Musicians for SEMYO Students.
  • Sweet Adelines Zumbro Valley Chapter received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.
  • Yuko Taniguchi received a $4,900 Advancing Artist grant for Mentorship and manuscript review opportunities.
  • Virginia Wright-Peterson received a $4,750 Advancing Artist grant for Rosie the Riveters of Minnesota: Contributions Made by Women During WWII.

Rice County

  • Ameriikan Poijat Finnish Brass Band received a $9,135 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Revival of Village Brass Band Music.
  • Bridge Chamber Music Festival received a $5,850 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Chamber Music Festival 2018.
  • Paul Briggs received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Cell Persona: Incarceration’s Impact on Black Lives.
  • Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra received a $5,475 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Latin Inspirations Concert.
  • Cathy Collison received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Exploring Texture and Form in Glass.
  • Toni Easterson received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for “Pond Fauna”.
  • Faribault Parks & Recreation received a $5,705 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Concerts in the Park series.
  • Faribault Public Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Copper Street Brass Educational Residency.
  • I Cantanti Chamber Choirs received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Christine Kallman received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Women March on Washington.
  • Lockwood Theater Company received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for A Celebration of Faribault: The 1855 Live Show.
  • Minnesota State Academy for the Blind received a $300 Opportunity grant for Upstream Arts Residency 2017; and a $2,500 School Residency grant for Cast Metal Art with Blind and Low Vision Learners.
  • Northfield Arts & Culture Commission received a $270 Arts Management Training grant for Arts Lab – Minnesota Peer Learning – Leveraging Creativity in Community through integrated and placed-based community development.
  • Northfield Healthy Community Initiative received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Our Voice.
  • Northfield Troubadours received a $2,100 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Continuing to Ensure Quality in Men’s Choral Singing.
  • Paradise Center for the Arts received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Children’s Theatre Season.
  • Save the Northfield Depot received a $4,400 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Public Sculpture Garden Repair and Installation..
  • Peggy Sheldon received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Bringing Intergenerational Panto to the Community Stage.
  • South Central Minnesota Studio ArTour received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for 2018 South Central Minnesota Studio Artour.
  • Rebecca Tolle received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Exploration with Cold Wax and Oil Painting.
  • Vintage Band Festival received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Copper Street Brass July 2018.
  • Thomas Willis received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for The Marriage of Clay Surface and Form.

Steele County

  • Cultural Diversity Network of Owatonna received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for CulturFest 2018 – Our 20th Anniversary.
  • Owatonna Arts Council received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Owatonna Public Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Tanzanian Music Arts; and a $3,000 School Residency grant for Introduction to the Javanese Gamelan.
  • Daniel Rathbun received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Complete writing and direct my full length comedy “Coconuts and Mistletoe”.

Wabasha County

  • Lake City Area Arts received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Summer Youth Arts Program.
  • Plainview Public Library received a $3,000 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Six Appeal Rural Library Residency.

Winona County

  • Nate Bauman received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Reflections of Light and Living.
  • Bluff Country Studio Art Tour received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Studio Art Tour 2018.
  • Roger Boulay received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Photographs of Closed and Repurposed Military Sites.
  • Frozen River Film Festival received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Festival Marketing Assistance.
  • Great River Shakespeare Festival received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Concerts on the Green 2018 Season.
  • Mid West Music Fest received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Festival Production Assistance.
  • Minnesota Marine Art Museum received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Water Portraits by Contemporary Artist Mary Solberg.
  • Michael Munson received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Winona Anthems.
  • John Paulson received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for John Paulson Big Band Project.
  • Ridgeway Community School received a $2,800 Small Towns/Rural Areas grant for Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre.
  • River Arts Alliance received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; and a $9,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Family Art Day 2018.
  • Saint Charles Public Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Drawing Deepens Our Understanding of the World Around Us.
  • Saint Mary’s University Performance Center received a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for Arab-American Artists Series.
  • Leo Smith received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Driftless Sanctuary.
  • Alessandra Sulpy received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Driftless Painting Series.
  • Sydney Swanson received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Site-Specific Dance Film Project.
  • Theatre du Mississippi received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 2018 Productions.
  • Timothy Turner received a $2,500 Emerging Artist grant for Winona, I Love You.
  • Mai’a Williams received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for The Bodies of the Desert.
  • Winona Area Public Schools received a $3,000 School Residency grant for Latin American Folktales Through Puppetry
  • Winona County Historical Society received an $8,110 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for The Art of Fine Furniture 2018.
  • Winona State University College of Education received a $3,000 Presenter/Production Assistance grant for Young Writers Conference (YWC).
  • Winona Symphony Orchestra received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries; and a $10,000 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for 2018 Children’s Concert for 3rd and 4th Graders.