Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Since its inception in February 2010, the Arts & Cultural Heritage Grant program has awarded 357 grants for a total of $3,208,607 in funding to nonprofit arts and non-arts organizations located in the SEMAC region.  Awards listed by fiscal year:

The following organizations presented activities that were made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.  Awards listed by county:

Dodge County

• Berne Summer Concert Series - FY2017 $10,000 for Summer Concerts, FY2018 $10,000 for Support for Musicians and Artisans
• Dodge County Historical Society - FY2013 $3,285 for A Mother's Story at Wasioja Civil War Days
• Mantorville Art Guild - FY2014 $10,000 for Kids Summer Camps, FY2017 $10,000 for Summer Youth Art Camps, FY2018 $10,000 for Summer Youth Art Camps
• Mantorville Economic Development Authority - FY2014 $5,300 for Old Tyme Days, FY2015 $10,000 for Stagecoach Days

Fillmore County

• City of Harmony - FY2013 $10,000 for Musicians of Harmony
• Commonweal Theatre Company - FY2010 $20,000 for Commonweal Presents, FY2012 $10,000 for Post Apprentice Fellowship, FY2013 $10,000 for Ibsen Tour, FY2014 $3,000 for Vectorworks Spotlight Software. FY2017 $10,000 for The Wealhouse Series, FY2018 $10,000 for Outreach Program
• Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative - FY2010 $6,000 for Play! in the Barn, FY2011 $4,200 for Play! In the Barn, FY2012 $3,200 for Play! In the Barn, FY2017 $4,600 for Summer Performance Series
• Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center - FY2010 $6,400 for Stringwood Festival Concerts and Masterclass, FY2011 $6,800 for Stringwood Festival Concerts, FY2012 $9,200 for Stringwood Festival Concerts, FY2013 $9,750 for Stringwood Festival, FY2014 $10,000 for Stringwood Festival, FY2015 $10,000 for Stringwood Festival, FY2016 $10,000 for Stringwood Festival, FY2017 $10,000 for Stringwood Festival, FY2018 $10,000 for Stringwood Festival
• Fillmore Central Schools - FY2012 $3,200 for Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency
• Friends of Peterson - FY2017 $4,930 for Gammel Dag Fest, FY2018 $6,850 for Gammel Dag Fest
• HistoryAlive! Lanesboro - FY2017 $4,800 for Pop-up Plays Lanesboro 1930s
• Lanesboro Arts Center - FY2010 $12,000 for educational workshops on iron casting and sculpture creation, FY2011 $9,000 for Artist Residencies, FY2012 $9,200 for Artist Residencies, FY2013 $8,950 for Artist Residencies, FY2014 $8,800 for Artist Residencies, FY2015 $7,000 for Artist Residencies, FY2016 $10,000 for Artist Residencies, FY2018 $10,000 for Performing Artist Engagement Program
• Lanesboro Historical Preservation Association - FY2016 $4,000 for History Alive!
• Lanesboro Public Library - FY2014 $6,980 for The Libraries Grow Community Mural
• Northland Words - FY2010 $10,000 for theater opportunities and classes for young people, FY2011 $31,365 for Production Season, FY2011 $38,759 for Production Season, FY2012 $10,000 for Jr. Troupe and Shakespeare Productions, FY2013 $10,000 for Jr. Troupe and Shakespeare Productions, FY2014 $10,000 for Jr Troupe and Shakespeare Productions, FY2017 $10,000 for Their Imaginary Forces: Original Shakespeare-inspired Music and Play, FY2018 $10,000 for Roguish Peasant Slave
• Peterson Committee for the Arts - FY2016 $7,400 for Gammel Dag Fest
• Preston Area Arts Council - FY2016 $10,000 for Hooked on Preston Community Mural
• Wit's End Theatre - FY2012 $6,200 for Costuming The Last Boy in Blue
• Wykoff Historical Society - FY2013 $4,800 for Facing Wykoff, USA

Freeborn County

• Freeborn County Agricultural Society - FY2011 $3,150 for free stage entertainment at the Fair, FY2012 $4,600 for A Touch of Broadway

Goodhue County

• Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies - FY2012 $3,725 for Poetry Reading by Ted Kooser, former U.S. Poet Laureate, FY2013 $3,000 for Summer Jazz Experience, FY2015 $7,170 for Heartland, Celebrating America's Midwest FY2017, $5,000 for Two Trains Runnin' Documentary, FY2017 $5,000 for Poetry Reading with Afaa Michael Weaver and Marcus Wicker
• ArtReach - FY2010 $3,200 for art classes with Remedy for at-risk middle school students
• Cannon Falls Area Historical Society - FY2013 $9,510 for Heritage Mural, FY2015 $10,000 for Historic Mural
• Cannon Falls High School - FY2012 $3,200 for Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency
• City of Red Wing Sheldon Memorial Auditorium - FY2013 $10,000 for Sheldon School of the Performing Arts, FY2016 $10,000 for Touring Artists in Residence Arts Outreach Program, FY2017 $10,000 for Touring Artists in Community, FY2018 $10,000 for Extended Artist Residencies
• Fairview Red Wing Health Services - FY2012 $5,400 for Sheldon at Fairview: Arts for Your Health
• Goodhue County Historical Society - FY2017 $10,000 for Quilters Musical
• Hispanic Outreach Program of Goodhue County - FY2017 $8,000 for Hispanic Heritage Festival, FY2018 $10,000 for Hispanic Heritage Festival
• Friends of the Sheldon - FY2013 $6,845 for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Kenyon-Wanamingo Schools - FY2012 $4,000 for Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing - FY2013 $5,380 for Sheldon Presents Arts for Your Health, FY2015 $8,530 for Sheldon Presents Arts for Your Health
• Picaresque II - FY2010 $10,000 for The Story of Music, Stories from Home, FY2011 $2,450 for The Story of Music, Stories from Home, FY2012 $4,300 for The Story of Music, Stories from Home
• Red Wing Arts Association - FY2017 $8,525 for Stories in Stitches, FY2018 $10,000 for Main Street

Houston County

• Chamber Music Live - FY2016 $10,000 for Apollo Music Festival, FY2017 $10,000 for Apollo Music Festival, FY2018 $10,000 for Apollo Music Festival
• Friends of the Houston Nature Center - FY2013 $10,000 for Outdoor Concrete Mosaic Owl Sculpture
• Giants of the Earth Heritage Center - FY2011 $10,000 for Folk and Fine Arts School,  FY2014 $10,000 for Fine and Folks Art School
• Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association - FY2010 $3,055 for pilot program jam camp, FY2011 $3,725 for bluegrass music jam camp, FY2013$7,455 for August Bluegrass Festival, FY2014 $8,500 for August Bluegrass Festival, FY2015 $8,895 for August Workshop and Bluegrass Festival, FY2016 $10,000 for August Workshop and Bluegrass Festival, FY2017 $10,000 for August Bluegrass Festival and One Day Workshop, FY2018 $10,000 for August Bluegrass Festival and Workshops

Mower County

• Austin Area Commission for the Arts - FY2013 $10,000 for Austin Artworks Festival, FY2015 $10,000 for Austin Artworks Festival Music, FY2017 $10,000 for Kids Visual Arts Education, FY2018 $5,500 for Kids Visual Arts Education, FY2018 $4,500 for ArtRocks Open Jam Sessions
• Austin Community Charitable Fund - FY2012 $10,000 for Austin Artworks Festival Artist Fees
• Austin Symphony Orchestra - FY2011 $7,500 for Connecting Community Through Music, Art and Dance, FY2013 $10,000 for Make New Friends but Keep the Old, $10,000 for A Musical Potpourri FY2013, FY2014 $10,000 for Concord of Sweet Sounds, FY2015 $10,000 for A Picturesque Travelogue, FY2016 $10,000 for Homecoming 60th Season, FY2017 $10,000 for With Strings Attached, FY2018 $10,000 for Jubilation
• Northwestern Singers - FY2010 $4,000 for Annual Spring Concert, FY2011 $2,195 for Spring Concert
• Summerset Community Theatre - FY2017 $10,000 for 50th Anniversary Season

Olmsted County

• Ability Building Center - FY2011 $10,000 for Empowering People with Disabilities Through Art
• Boys & Girls Club of Rochester - FY2014 $7,300 for Young Poets Program, FY2015 $10,000 for Meet the Music Program
• C Productions - FY2011 $9,897 for The Syringa Tree
• C4 Concerned Citizens for a Creative Community - FY2013 $10,000 for The Venue
• Celebration of a City (Rochesterfest) - FY2013 $10,000 for River City Rhapsody, FY2014 $10,000 for River City Rhapsody,  FY2015 $10,000 for River City Rhapsody Drum and Bugle Corps Program
• Children's Dance Theatre - FY2010 $10,000 for educational partnership with Minnesota Ballet, FY2012 $3,335 for Summer Dance Intensive, FY2014 $4,000 for Summer Dance Intensive, FY2017 $10,000 for 30th Anniversary Celebration Events, FY2018 $9,785 for Special Season Events
• Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester - FY2010 $10,000 for Symphonic Chorus, FY2016 $3,000 for Regional Outreach Concerts, FY2018 $9,700 for Choir Country
• City of Rochester Music Department - FY2010 $50,000 for World Music Pilot Project I, FY2011 $35,500 for World Music Pilot Project II, FY2012 $10,000 for World Music Pilot Project III, FY2012 $10,000 for World Music Mini-Residencies, FY2013 $10,000 for World Music Mini-Residencies, FY2014 $10,000 for World Music Mini Residencies, FY2015 $10,000 for World Music Mini-Residencies, FY2016 $10,000 for World Music Mini-Residencies, FY2018 $10,000 for World Music Mini-Residencies
• Community Alliance of Rochester for Equality - FY2012 $10,000 for Cambodian Traditional Arts Presentation, FY2014 $10,000 for Art, Collaboration, and Cultual Awareness
• Diversity Council - FY2012 $10,000 for Celebration of Diversity and Inclusivity, FY2013 $10,000 for Celebrating Diversity and Inclusivity, FY2014 $10,000 for Celebrating Diversity and Inclusivity
• Dover Eyota Music Association - FY2016 $10,000 for Southeast Minnesota a Cappella Workshop, FY2017 $10,000 for 2017 SE MN a Cappella, FY2018 $10,000 for a Cappella Workshops
• Hambone Music Festival - FY2012 $10,000 for Festival, FY2013 $10,000 for Festival, FY2014 $10,000 for Festival, FY2015 $10,000 for Festival, FY2016 $10,000 for Festival
• Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota - FY2010,  $10,000 for third annual summer musicalFY2015 $10,000 for Singsation Children's Choral Festival
• John Marshall High School - FY2010 $10,000 for permanent leaded glass installation as an arts immersion/education project
• Madonna Living Community - FY2014 $10,000 for Art for Health and Wellness
• Minnesota Ballet Theatre - FY2013 $10,000 for Festival of Holidays/Traditions
• Olmsted County Historical Society - FY2014 $10,000 to update the book Houses on the Hill
• Olmsted Medical Center - FY2010 $10,000 for artwork to display at two OMC locations, FY2010 $10,000 for outdoor sculpture by local artist for OMC main clinic
• Resounding Voices - FY2018 $10,000 for Resounding Voices Chorus
• Rhapsody Performing Arts for All - FY2016 $10,000 for River City Rhapsody Drum & Bugle Corps Event, FY2017 $10,000 for River City Rhapsody Drum & Bugle Corps Event, FY2018 $10,000 for River city Rhapsody
• Rochester Art Center - FY2011 $10,000 for Adolescence Through the Lens, FY2013 $10,000 for Adolescence Through the Lens, FY2014 $10,000 for Adolescence Through the Lens, $8,250 for Docent Program FY2016, FY2017 $10,000 for Catalyst Artists Resource Fair
• Rochester Art Ensemble - FY2016 $10,000 for Day of the Dead Poets Slam, FY2017 $10,000 for Day of the Dead Poets Slam
• Rochester Arts & Culture Collaborative - FY2014 $10,000 for Art4Trails
• Rochester Arts Council - FY2010 $10,000 for ARTikids, FY2010 $10,000 for public art bench project, FY2011 $10,000 for ARTigras, FY2012 $10,000 for ARTigras, FY2013 $10,000 for ARTigras
• Rochester Chamber Music Society - FY2014 $6,000 for Concert Season, FY2015 $3,500 for Jazz Concert
• The Rochester Civic Theatre Company - FY2010 $10,000 for a play in conjunction with the RACE exhibit, FY2011 $10,000 for Moving Forward, Giving Back, FY2013 $10,000 for The Legacy Series, FY2015 $10,000 for Breaking the Cycle/Phase II, FY2017 $10,000 for Summer @ The Civic
• Rochester Community & Technical College - FY2010 $1,250 for Minneapolis Guitar Quartet's Saturday library program in Rochester, FY2014 $10,000 for the LIFE Program Writing Project, FY2015 $10,000 for the LIFE Program North-Star State Historical Non-Fiction Project
• Rochester Community Media - FY2014 $10,000 for Multimedia Artist Spotlight Video Series
• Rochester Dance Company - FY2010 $10,000 for Rise, FY2011 $10,000 for The Wizard of Oz, FY2013 $7,000 for The Nutcracker, FY2014 $4,000 for The Nutcracker, FY2016 $10,000 for The Nutcracker, FY2018 $10,000 for Coppelia
• Rochester Irish Fest - FY2013 $5,000 for Labor Day Weekend Festival, FY2014 $10,000 for Festival, FY2015 $10,000 for Festival, FY2016 $10,000 for Festival, FY2017 $10,000 for Irish Fest
• Rochester Male Chorus - FY2013 $10,000 for Christmas Extravaganza, FY2015 $10,000 for 85th Anniversary Big Sing, FY2017$ 10,000 for The Wonder of Christmas. FY2018 $10,000 for Memories of Christmas
• Rochester Music Guild - FY2010 $7,800 for Scholarship Competition, FY2011 $6,850 for Scholarship Competition, FY2012 $5,430 for Scholarship Competition, FY2014 $7,160 for Scholarship Competition, FY2015 $8,670 for Scholarship Competition, FY2016 $10,000 for Scholarship Competition, FY2017 $10,000 for Scholarship Competition, FY2018 $10,000 for Annual Scholarship Competition
• Rochester Public Schools Community Education - FY2016 $10,000 for Heroes and Heroines: Tales, Music, and Theater
• Rochester Repertory Theatre - FY2011 $10,000 for Lighting, FY2012 $10,000 for Sitting Pretty Campaign, FY2013 $10,000 for Air Conditioning, FY2015 $10,000 for Enhancing the Total Theatre Experience, FY2017 $10,000 for Royalties and Script Rentals, FY2018 $10,000 for Royalties and Script Rentals
• Rochester Senior Center - FY2013 $10,000 for Arts 101
• Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale - FY2011 $10,000 for Playing with the Pros, FY2012 $10,000 for Playing with the Pros, FY2013 $10,000 for Symphonic Interactive Media Art, FY2014 $10,000 for Tchaikovsky's Original Nutcracker Ballet, FY2015 $10,000 for Children's Concert for Area 4th Grade Students, FY2016 $10,000 for Concert for Area 4th Grade Students, FY2016 $10,000 for Free Family Previews, FY2018 $9,560 for Concert for Area 4th Grade Students
• Ronald McDonald House - FY2013 $10,000 for Hand in Hand: Heartists Helping Children
• Samaritan Bethany Foundation - FY2011 $10,000 for a permanent display of artwork by regional artists, FY2012 $10,000 for Art Access for Life
• Shorewood Senior Campus with Southeastern Minnesota Center for Independent Living - FY2017 $10,000 for Interactive Art and Creative Aging, FY2018 $10,000 for Aging Artfully
• Sing Out Loud - FY2012 $10,000 to form Bella Fiore teaching choir and the Young Women's Choral Festival, FY2017 $10,000 for Youth Choral Community Outreach and Scholarship Program
• Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association FY2016- $4,000 for Gasshuku at Eagle Bluff Music Workshop
• Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras - FY2010 $13,632 for YMCA Music Outreach, FY2011 $13,850 for YMCA Music Outreach, FY2012 $10,000 for YMCA Music Outreach, FY2013 $10,000 for YMCA Music Outreach, FY2014 $10,000 for YMCA Music Outreach, FY2016 $10,000 for Midori Residency, FY2018 $6,345 for Sectional Coaching by Professional Musicians

Rice County

• Ameriikan Poijat Finnish Brass Band - FY2010 $10,000 for 20th season multimedia theatrical-musical format performances, FY2015 $6,610 for 25th Anniversary Season, FY2017 $9,345 for Musical Celebration of Finland's Centennial, FY2018 $9,135 for Revival of Village Brass Band Music
• ArtOrg - FY2010 $10,000 for Five Sculptures Project
• Bridge Chamber Music Festival - FY2013 $9,900 for Chamber Music, Jazz Concerts and Community Outreach, FY2014 $10,000 for Festival, FY2015 $7,625 for Festival, FY2017 $7,350 for Festival, FY2018 $5,850 for Festival
• Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra - FY2015 $9,500 for 25th Anniversary Americana Show and Grand Finale, FY2016 $4,410 for Celtic Music Concert, FY2018 $5,475 for Latin Inspirations Concert
• Carleton College - FY2012 $10,000 for Field Drawing From the Ground Up
• Cello an American Experience - FY2012 $6,000 for Drawing World-Class Performers to Southeastern Minnesota
• City of Faribault Parks & Recreation - FY2013 $4,050 for Outdoor Musical Concerts, FY2014 $4,050 for Central Park Outdoor Concert Series, FY2015 $7,500 for Outdoor Concert & En Plein Air Series, FY2017 $3,990 for Faribault Concerts in the Park Series, FY2018 $5,705 for Concerts in the Park
• City of Northfield Arts & Culture Commission - FY2012 $7,100 for Sidewalk Public Poetry Project, FY2013 $10,000 for Sidewalk Public Poetry Project, FY2014 $10,000 for Sidewalk Public Poetry Project, FY2015 $10,000 for Sidewalk Public Poetry Project, FY2016 $10,000 for Sidewalk Public Poetry Project, FY2017 $10,000 for Sidewalk Poetry Project
• Friends of Way Park - FY2015 $10,000 for Northfield Rotary Outdoor Musical Plaza
• Laura Baker School Association - FY2013 $4,905 for Bridging with Taiko, FY2015 $4,900 for On Stage!
• Lockwood Theater Company - FY2010 $10,000 for melodrama/musical at Defeat of Jesse James Day's Festival
• Minnesota State Academy for the Blind - FY2016 $7,200 for Sesquicentennial Celebration through the Arts
• Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf - FY2014 $10,000 for Hands in Action by National Theatre of the Deaf
• Mural Society of Faribault - FY2011 $10,000 for Tilt-a-Whirl Mural Project
• Northfield Arts Guild - FY2015 $10,000 for Artists Disabling Assumptions, FY2016 $4,400 for Gypsy Jazz Jam Series, FY2017 $5,395 for The Northfield Experience at the NAG
• Northfield Healthy Community Initiative -FY2013 $9,930 for Window to Our World, FY2014 $10,000 for Here We Are, FY2015 $10,000 for Our Place, FY2016 $10,000 for Youth Voice, FY2017 $10,000 for Spotlight on Youth, FY2018 $10,000 for One Voice
• Northfield Public Library - FY2010 $5,000 for Books & Stars, FY2017 $9,600 for Introducing the Northfield Poet Laureate
• Northfield Public Schools - FY2012 $4,150 for Young Sculptors Project, FY2013 $6,635 for Young Sculptors Project, FY2014 $6,400 for Young Sculptors Project, FY2015 $9,000 for Young Sculptors Project, FY2017 $9,675 for Young Sculptors' Project
• Northfield Public Schools Community Services Division - FY2012$6,500 for Books & Stars, FY2013 $3,475 for Books & Stars
• Northfield Senior Citizens - FY2011 $10,000 for arts programming expansion, FY2013 $4,096 for Senior Women's Chorus and NSC Gallery, FY2014 $5,000 for Improved NSC Gallery Features Asian Brush Painting, FY2015 $6,575 for Improving Audience Experience at NSC Stage Productions, FY2017 $7,375 for “A Year of In-Residence"
• Northfield Union of Youth - FY2014 $10,000 for Unlock Your Voice,  FY2016 $10,000 for Unlock Your Voice, FY2017 $10,000 for Engaging Youth through Arts at The Key
• Paradise Center for the Arts - FY2010 $10,000 for Kids Summer Theater Camp, FY2011 $15,000 for Visual Arts Educational Programs, FY2012 $10,000 for the musical Into the Woods, FY2013 $6,000 for Kids Summer Visual Arts Camps, FY2014 $10,000 for After School Program in Visual & Theatrical Arts, FY2015 $5,275 for Community Iron Pour, FY2016 $10,000 for Paradise Summer of Arts, FY2017 $8,385 for Playing with Fire Iron Pour and Raku, FY2018 $10,000 for Children's Theatre Season
• Save the Northfield Depot - FY2018 $4,400 for Public Sculpture Garden Repair and Installation
• South Central Minnesota Studio ArTour - FY2013 $4,650 for Ninth Annual Studio Art Tour
• St Olaf College Theatre Department -  FY2015 $7,120 for Big Fish
• Time Track Productions - FY2013 $10,000 for new work for Winona State, FY2015 $10,000 for One For All
• Vintage Band Festival - FY2010 $10,000 for Guest Band Concerts, FY2013 $5,000 for Pre-Festival Programs, FY2016 $10,000 for Festival

Steele County

• Cultural Diversity Network of Owatonna - FY2016 $8,400 for CulturFest, FY2017 $8,650 for CulturFest, FY2018 $10,000 for CulturFest 20th Anniversary
• Main Street Mural Committee - FY2011 $10,000 for Mural Project
• Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum - FY2013 $6,808 for Reader's Theatre Production
• Owatonna Arts Center - FY2010 $10,000 for a marathon of clay pot throwing, FY2012 $10,000 for Children's/Teen Education Supervisor, FY2013 $10,000 for Owatonna Festival of the Arts
• Riverland Community College - FY2011 $7,805 for Community Corrections Public Mural Project, FY2012 $10,000 for Community Corrections Public Mural Project
• Vega Productions - FY2010 $5,500 for After School Guitar Program, FY2011 $14,600 for After School Guitar Program, FY2012 $7,590 for After School Guitar Program

Wabasha County

• Lake City Music Boosters - FY2012 $3,000 for Anne Drummond Artist Residency
• Plainview Economic Development Authority - FY2010 $3,000 for a series of five summer musical concerts
• Renewing the Countryside – FY2014 $8,000 for Time Travel with the Art of Feltmaking, FY2016 $10,000 for Nature
• Rural America Arts Partnership (Jon Hassler Theatre) - FY2010 $10,000 for no-cost seating for low-income, student, senior citizen and first-time patrons, FY2011 $10,000 for tickets for low-income, students, seniors and first-time patrons
• Wabasha-Kellogg Public Schools - FY2012 $4,000 for Copper Street Brass Quintet Residency

Winona County

• City of Winona Community Services - FY2011 $10,000 for Family Art Day Extravaganza, FY2013 $10,000 for Family Art Day Extravaganza, FY2015 $10,000 for Family Art Day Extravaganza, FY2016 $10,000 for Family Art Day Extravaganza, FY2017 $10,000 for Family Art Day
• Frozen River Film Festival - FY2012 $10,000 Festival, FY2013 $10,000 for Festival, FY2014 $10,000 for Festival, FY2015 $10,000 for Festival, FY2016 $10,000 for Festival, FY2017 $10,000 for Inclusive Marketing, FY2018 $10,000 for Festival Marketing Assistance
• Great River Shakespeare Festival - FY2012 $10,000 for Workshop and Staged Reading of Georama, FY2013 $8,605 for Concerts on the Green Series, FY2014 $10,000 for Concerts on the Green Series, FY2015 $10,000 for Concerts on the Green, FY2016 $10,000 for Concerts on the Green, FY2017 $10,000 for Concerts on the Green, FY2018 $10,000 for Concerts on the Green
• Land Stewardship Project - FY2011 $8,300 for Look Who's Knockin' on Grandma's Door
• Mid West Music Fest FY2014- $10,000 for Developing a Community-Supported Music Festival, FY2015 $10,000 for Sounds Like School, FY2018 $10,000 for Festival Production Assistance
• Minnesota Marine Art Museum - FY2011 $39,990 for Regional Artist Community Engagement Initiative, FY2012 $10,000 for Craig Blacklock's Lake Superior, FY2013 $6,855 for Youth Art Month Programming, FY2013 $3,140 for Tri-State Invitational, FY2014 $9,905 for New Photographs by Chris Faust, FY2016 $9,405 for Two Prominent Minnesota Photographers, FY2017 $9,850 for Minnesota Illustrated by Adam Turman, FY2018 $10,000 for Water Portraits by Mary Solberg
• Project FINE - FY2012 $10,000 for Cultural Art and Ancestry, FY2013 $10,000 for Cultural Art and Ancestry, FY2014 $10,000 for Hearing the Voices of Refugees and Immgrants, FY2015 $9,775 for Exploring Hmong Art and Culture, FY2016 $9,910 for Cultural Arts & Ancestry African Percussion and Drum Circle, FY2017 $9,880 for Hearing the Voices: Digital Edition
• River Arts Alliance - FY2015 $10,000 for Hiawatha Band Communications Fence Project, FY2017 $10,000 for HBC History of Communications Fence Project 2017, FY2018 $9,000 for Family Art Day
• SEED Performance Art - FY2012 $10,000 for The Experiment Performance Series
• St Mary's University of Minnesota Performance Center - FY2016 $6,500 for Community Engagement Programs, FY2018 $10,000 for Arab-American Artists Series
• Theatre du Mississippi - FY2014 $10,000 for Programming Season, FY2016 $10,000 for Programming Season, FY2017 $10,000 for Theatrical Productions, FY2018 $10,000 for 2018 Productions
• Winona Area Public Schools - FY2011 $8,330 to expand artist residency programs, FY2014 $6,000 for Winona Senior High Film Making Project
• Winona County Historical Society - FY2014 $9,215 for The Art of Fine Furniture,  FY2015 $7,180 for The Art of Fine Furniture, FY2016 $8,015 for The Art of Fine Furniture, FY2017  $9,170 for The Art of Fine Furniture "Inspired", FY2018 $8,110 for The Art of Fine Furniture
• Winona Dakota Unity Alliance - FY2013 $10,000 for Great Dakota Gathering, FY2014 $10,000 for Great Dakota Gathering, FY2015 $10,000 for Great Dakota Gathering, FY2017 $10,000 for 2017 Great Dakota Gathering, Homecoming, & Powwow
• Winona State University Arts Administration - FY2012 $3,505 for Summer Shakespeare Symposiums, FY2016 $4,000 for Guest Artist Charles Lazarus at Spring Music Gala
• Winona Symphony Orchestra - FY2017 $7,000 for Children's Concert for Area 3rd and 4th Graders, FY2018 $10,000 for Children's Concert