Community Arts Support Grant 2022-2024
Community Arts Support Grant 2022-2024
Funds will provide operating support to Bemidji Community Theater over a two year period.
Gayle Gish, arts advocate; Pam Janssen, visual artist and woodcarver; C.T. Marhula, arts advocate; Shannon Lucas Westrum, fiber and jewelry artist; Anna Larson, arts appreciator; Katelyn Larson, theater artist; Mike Schlemper, writer, sculptor, ceramicist, and arts educator;
Gayle Gish, R2AC board chair and arts advocate; Pam Janssen, R2AC board member, visual artist, and woodcarver; C.T. Marhula, R2AC board member and arts advocate; Susan Olin, musician; Germaine Riegert, literary artist and arts appreciator; Natalie Grosfield, literary and theater artist; Laura Grisamore, photographer and arts advocate;
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Regional artists will have an additional venue for performance, classes and training. Our venue is smaller, more intimate for the audience and the actors. It is easier for productions to build and rehearse, as everything is in the same place; we don't have to haul supplies from another building. We hope to provide a venue for other theater groups to present their productions, as we are no longer limited in the number of plays we can do in a year. Evaluation methods include surveys administered after each production to measure the use of our facility by those producing the plays/musicals. We hope to create an opportunity for more engagement in theater by other groups in the community.
Other,local or private