All Projects

To enhance access to artistic, cultural and educational programming by building a shelter for shows and demonstrations. Programming will include cultural music, presentation on the Sioux Uprising, the Tracy Tornado, and a Lyon County Centennial Farm recognition program.

To offer a Minnesota history experience through exhibitions by the Timberworks Lumberjacks. Fairgoers will have an opportunity to learn more about logging history in Minnesota and watch demonstrations of crosscutting, log rolling, chopping, tree climbing, etc.

To hire qualified professionals to repair the storefront of the Lyric Building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and home of Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance.

To stop the water infiltration that was causing damage to the building, bricks and tuck-pointing were removed and replaced in two areas of external wall at the back and side of the Lyric Theater building.

The damaged areas have now been stabilized and further erosion curtailed. Renovation of the rest of the building can now continue.

To better showcase the talent of local artists by enhancing the display areas of the open class and 4-H buildings. Will also create a "Minnesota Made" butterflies exhibit.

The schooner-barge, Madeira, sank off the coast of Minnesota in Lake Superior on November 28, 1905. The GLSPS created an interpretive display to tell the story of this significant wreck that prompted the construction of the Split Rock Lighthouse in 1910. The bollards and attached deck section were salvaged from the wreck and were cleaned and repaired by volunteers to be used in the display. A durable concrete base was constructed, the artifacts moved into place and secured, and interpretive signage (appropriate to the park) was fabricated and installed.

To hire a qualified architect to conduct a conditions assessment of Madison City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to rehabilitate windows on the City of Madison City Hall and Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Guest speakers will provide cultural teachings pertaining to the drum, the songs, the dances, and powwow protocols.

To hire a qualified architect to conduct a feasibility study of the Mahnomen City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to bring the front entry door of the Mahnomen City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Minneapolis American Indian Center has developed a long-term plan to increase accessibility to and interest in Native languge instruction by increasing access to learning Dakota and Ojibwe languages and increase interest among Native youth and adult community memebers to learn their Native language.

Twenty oral history interviews were collected from residents of Isanti County from the cities of Cambridge, Grandy, Braham and Isanti. Their memories of the business community in their respective cities were the focus of the interviews. They were videotaped, roughly transcribed, copied to DVD's and a video sampler was posted on Youtube. The video collection was presented, along with artifact displays at an exhibit opening called "Let's Meet at the Soda Fountain".

Katha Dance Theatre (KDT) will produce a mainstage program of three world premiere dance concerts to share the art, culture, and history of India through the art of Kathak dance - the 2,000-year-old classical dance style of North India. These productions will include the world premiere of GANGA. The Myth and Reality, the world premiere of PANCHATANTRA, and the world premiere of PRAKRITIR PRATISODH Nature's Revenge. The first will premiere in St. Paul, the second in Minneapolis, and the third will play in another Twin Cities venue (TBD).

The primary goal of this grant is to establish intergenerational Ojibwe language fluency within our American Indian families and our community.

See application under "Documents"

To hire a qualified consultant to write an education plan for Minnesota Museum of American Art.

Many Faces of the White Bear Lake Area will provide opportunities to listen, learn, reflect, and engage in conversations and actions that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion. The theme, Many Faces: Many Expressions, will bring awareness to the heritage and traditions of our American Indian neighbors through a Wacipi; continues by highlighting stories of recent immigrants to our area through innovative artwork; and culminates by celebrating and building community through a multi-cultural festival.

1. To increase access to Ojibwe language for students at the Nawayee Center School. MIAC will provide funding for an Ojibwe Language teacher at the Nawayee Center School, since there is currently no Ojibwe language program or teacher. During the project, the teacher will work with seasoned Ojibwe language immersion and classroom teachers to develop and build the language program for the Nawayee Center School. Success will be determined by the successful creation and implementation of a new Ojibwe language program at Nawayee Center School. We will also create a model for others to utilize.

1. To achieve a sustainable, permanent Ojibwe Language Program for the Nawayee Center School that includes professional development and continuous support for a new Ojibwe language teacher at the school. 2. To introduce Nawayee Center School to a strong network of first language speakers, elders, artists, language facilitators and knowledge-keepers for the Nawayee Center School to support a sustainable community-based language program that includes staff, students, and their families.

To restore the front steps and add handicap accessibility to St. John's Episcopal Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and current home of the Dodge County Historical Society

Specific tasks:

To conduct research on the comprehensive history of Maplewood from the 1850s to present.