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2024 Awards

In the first four months of FY2024, SEMAC awarded a total of $209,500, including seventeen individual artists and 27 arts organizations, listed by county.

Dodge County

  • Mantorville Art Guild received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Facilities & Maintenance.
  • Mantorville Theatre Company received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.

Freeborn County

  • Susanne Crane, Albert Lea, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Low Hanging Fruit Poetry Book.
  • Albert Lea Community Band received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.

Goodhue County

  • Brian Johnson, Cannon Falls, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for 4 Part Concert Series (so it goes).
  • Bells of the Bluffs Handbell Ensemble received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • I Cantanti Chamber Choirs received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Red Wing Arts received a $2,500 Arts Management Training grant for Cultural Competency Training.
  • Zumbrota Community Band received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.

Houston County

  • Melissa Wray, Caledonia, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Homecoming: A Poetry & Quilt Project.
  • Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.
  • Ye Olde Opera House received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Facilities & Maintenance.
Mower County
  • Austin Symphony Orchestra received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.

Olmsted County

  • Kevin Dobbe, Rochester, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for New media opera Phase 2 development.
  • Richard Swanson, Rochester, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Photo Essay: Anti-Intellectualism in MN.
  • Tianyao Xie, Rochester, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Classical Piano & Chinese Art Music.
  • Alexis Zaccariello, Rochester, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Experimenting with Raku Fired Pottery.
  • Children’s Dance Theatre received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Gallery 24 Artists Collaborative received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.
  • Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Med City Arts Festival received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.
  • Rochester Area Handbells received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Rochester Chamber Music Society received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Rochester Community Band received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Rochester Male Chorus received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Rochester Pops Orchestra received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Equipment & Technology.
  • Rochester Repertory Theatre Company received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Sing Out Loud received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Sweet Adelines Zumbro Valley Chorus received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.

Rice County

  • J C Sanford, Northfield, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for First Annual Northfield Jazz Festival.
  • Sandra Sargent, Faribault, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Recentering, Revisioning, Returning.
  • Ameriikan Poijat Finnish Brass Band received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.

Steele County

  • Andi Lynn Arnold, Owatonna, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for In the Garden of Life, Light & Growth.
  • Owatonna Arts Center received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.

Winona County

  • Timothy Ahrens, Altura, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Farming for Food.
  • Lisa Becker, Saint Charles, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Merging Video Arts with Photography.
  • Ken McCullough, Winona, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
  • Michael Munson, Winona, received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Perihelion Day.
  • Sunny Nahrgang, Winona, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Continuing Art After Schooling.
  • Rachael Nunemacher, Saint Charles, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Flash Flood.
  • Taliesin Nyala, Winona, received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Handmade Wooden Dedication Gifts.
  • Frozen River Film Festival received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Mid West Music Fest received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Administrative Expenses.
  • Theatre du Mississippi received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Facilities & Maintenance
  • Winona Arts Center received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.
  • Winona Symphony Orchestra received a $5,000 General Operating Support grant for Staffing & Salaries.