Community Arts Support Grant
Community Arts Support Grant
Funds will provide operation support to Bemidji Sculpture Walk over a two year period.
Anna Larson, arts appreciator; C.T. Marhula, arts advocate; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Katie Larson, theater artist; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Germaine Riegert, literary artist and arts appreciator;
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
OUTCOME: Regional residents will experience increased access to the arts and arts activity via the presence of sculptures in our historic downtown and the Bemidji area, and be made more aware of increased public art viewing opportunities via our new marketing and publicity programs. Evaluation methods will include online surveys and personal interviews at the end of grant Year 1 and 2 to measure the effectiveness of our Board's strategic initiatives and personnel with downtown business owners and Bemidji business, governmental and organizational leaders and key influencers, and statistics from digital media administered throughout Year 1 and 2 with tourists and visitors to downtown Bemidji and visitors to Bemidji parks.
We were able to hire and fund an Admin Asst to support the activities it takes to operate and grow the BSW. We rebuilt donor base thru mail campaigns and personal visits. We attracted a record number of submissions for 2023. We wereable to increase our ar
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