Sunday, April 20, 2025

SEMAC awards grants to area artists, organizations

The Board of Directors of the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) has awarded 36 grants for a total of $143,810 in funding to applicants throughout southeastern Minnesota. This included four school residency grants for $11,810, 14 emerging artist grants for $42,000, and 18 advancing artist grants for $90,000.

SEMAC is the State Arts Board-designated granting authority for local/regional arts producing and sponsoring organizations and disburses funds allocated for this purpose by the Minnesota State Legislature.

The SEMAC region includes the counties of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.

Receiving grants in Dodge and Olmsted Counties were:

Dodge County

Danielle Barck received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Art vs Work — Just Another Saturday.

Triton Public Schools received a $2,810 School Residency Grant for Sarah Curtiss Guest Flute Residency

Olmsted County

Carrie Arnold received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Produce Plein Air with Cultural Textiles.

Willow Gentile received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Pleinair Paint Historic SE MN Libraries.

Kait Glaswell received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Bodies of Earth (by Bicycle).

Lydia Hansen received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Sensory Sculpture Garden.

Joe Havoc received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for The Only Way Out is Through.

David Kassler received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Composer and Poets Collaboration Recital.

Vivian Lark received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Song EP and One Music Video.

Greg LeGette received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for “Human”.

Alexander Ortberg received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Rock Band with an Orchestra.

Maggie Panetta received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Zumbro River Underpass Mural.

Samantha Reiter received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Beyond the Surface: Biological Art of MN.

Sydney Swanson received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Elemental Body — a dance film.

Hannah Lou Woods received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Marketing Costs for my EP Release.

Gage Elementary School received a $3,000 School Residency Grant for Mosaics by Many Hands

Rochester Alternative Learning Center received a $3,000 School Residency Grant for Improvisation with Created Instruments and Piano

Others in the SEMAC area receiving grants were:

Fillmore County

Delia Bell received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Exploring Ceramic Slab Vessels.

Paul Brokken received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Landscapes Inspired by Southeast MN.

Livingstone Carver received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for My Foray Into Creating Public Art.

Barbara Jeffers received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant or Norway — From the ground up.

Lane Powell received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for The Back End Of It (MN Funk Style Music).

Michael Seiler received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Marketing Training Program for Artists.

Fillmore Central Schools received a $3,000 School Residency Grant for Big Band Bash at Fillmore Central High School

Freeborn County

Jacob “The Fox” Schlichter received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for The Wildlife of Southern Minnesota.

Goodhue County

Heidi Bacon received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for The Trickle Down Effect — Watersheds.

Houston County

Mary Denzer received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Poetry Bookmaking with Original Linocuts.

Rice County

Kent McInnis Jr received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Interference: Reimagining Pastorals.

Steele County

Kathryn Wood received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for “Wings and Things” in Watercolor.

Wabasha County

Sue Mundy received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant grant forPublic Places are Sacred Spaces.

Winona County

“Doctor Bob” Armstrong received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant grant for Flotsam, Adventures on the Mississippi.

Gina Favano received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Back Channel Radio.

Harrison McCormick received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Post-Production for a Short Film.

Kathleen Kenney Peterson received a $5,000 Advancing Artist Grant for Return Engagement, theatre production.

Jamie Schwaba received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for The Art of Melody.

Kristen Young received a $3,000 Emerging Artist Grant for Winona Estro-Jam.

For information about the grant application process, eligibility, or grant writing assistance, contact the SEMAC office at 2778 D Commerce Dr. NW, Rochester, MN 55901 or call 507-281-4848. Information may also be found at www.semac.org.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

 

 

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