Community Arts Support Grant
Community Arts Support Grant
Bemidji Community Theater was awarded $6,000 per year to support performance space rental costs.
Laura Grisamore: photographer, arts advocate; Mary Therese: visual, fiber artist; Becky Colebank: visual artist, author; Corryn Trask: musician; LouAnn Muhm: poet, author, arts educator; Pam Janssen: painter and woodcarver; Mike Schlemper: sculptor, ceramicist, arts educator; Gayle Gish: arts advocate; Deb Carlson: visual artist, retired arts educator.
Laura Grisamore: photographer and arts advocate; Mary Therese: visual and fiber artist; Becky Colebank: visual artist and author; Corryn Trask: musician; LouAnn Muhm: poet, author, and arts educator; Pam Janssen: painter and woodcarver; Mike Schlemper: sculptor, ceramicist, and arts educator; Gayle Gish: arts advocate; Deb Carlson: visual artist and retired arts educator.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of the CAS grant, Bemidji Community Theater will provide its audiences and performers access to a consistent venue in downtown Bemidji to attend and participate in BCT’s productions from fall through spring; developing appreciation and awareness of local theater along with building knowledge and skills in the theater arts. Prior to the CAS interim and final reports, Bemidji Community Theater will conduct surveys among audiences and participants determining the positivity and consistency of its image as related to having a consistently accessible downtown location, and the degree to which knowledge and skills in the theater arts and appreciation and awareness of local theater have continued to grow.
The second year of CAS funding allowed us to pay a significant portion of the mortgage of our new facility. The public has expressed support for the new facility at which we participated in Bemidji's Night We Light Christmas Season Kick off hosting snacks and beverages, a Gala to showcase the building and the BCT Performers with an evening of the songs of Andrew Lloyd Weber. The public has better come to understand the difference between BCT and the Paul Bunyan Playhouse.
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