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.