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Chisago County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To enhance the creative arts exhibit areas in the open class and 4-H buildings. Improved lighting will better showcase locally created works in a variety of categories, including but not limited to: painting, quilting, sewing, woodworking.

Funds will also be used to create an agriculture in Minnesota program for children and host a polka band.

Chisago
Recipient
Austin Community Charitable Fund
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Austin Artworks Festival
Mower
Freeborn
Steele
Olmsted
Recipient
Hambone Music Festival
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Hambone Music Festival
Anoka
Dakota
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
Steele
Wabasha
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Riverland Community College
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Mower
Steele
Recipient
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Recipient
Owatonna Arts Council AKA Owatonna Arts Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Steele
Recipient
Roseau County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,064

To allow people with mobility challenges greater access to heritage events at Roseau County Fair grandstand.

Roseau
Recipient
Faribault Art Center, Inc. AKA Paradise Center for the Arts
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
"Into the Woods"
Goodhue
Rice
Steele
Recipient
Steele County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000

To increase the Steele County Fair's capacity to showcase children's art by purchasing new display materials. Portable wall panels will allow work to be hung in a gallery type fashion, and offer more surface area to display children's art.

Steele
Recipient
Austin Symphony Orchestra
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,720
General Operating Support
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Hennepin
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Waseca
Recipient
Albert Lea Art Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,720

General Operating Support

Faribault
Freeborn
Mower
Steele
Recipient
Austin Area Art Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,720
General Operating Support
Dodge
Freeborn
Rice
Rock
Steele
Recipient
Red Dragonfly Press
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,720
Read Locally!
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Rochester Chamber Music Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,290
General Operating Support
Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Theatre du Mississippi
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,720
General Operating Support
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Vega Productions, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,720
General Operating Support
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Benton County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To introduce a variety of bluegrass musical styles throughout the Benton County Fair week and hire a chainsaw artist to provide demonstrations.

Benton
Recipient
Pipestone County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To increase awareness of and promote local Native American history. Over two days, events will include: peacepipe carving demonstration by the members of The Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers, an interactive display that allows the public to carve pipestone, Native American dance demonstrations by six members of The Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers and Pipestone Indian Shrine, and a Native American dance costume display.

Pipestone
Recipient
Lockwood Theatre Company
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Defeat of Jesse James Days
Rice
Steele
Dakota
Recipient
Roseau County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,750

To create an area dedicated to arts, cultural heritage, and MN history exhibits at the Roseau County Fair. The display will rotate annually; for 2012, the Roseau County Historical Society will display pictures and video of the 2002 flood in Roseau County, and displays of old washing machines and saws used by the logging industry.

Roseau
Recipient
Sibley County Agricultural Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To recognize outstanding senior citizens in Sibley County. Attendees can listen to a polka band and watch the awards ceremony. Funds will also be used to upgrade stage lighting and install a sound system to enhance the programming.
Additionally, funds will enhance the fine arts exhibits in the Horticulture Building. Upgraded lighting and new display cases will improve the visibility of photography, quilt and needlework entries.

Sibley
Recipient
Sibley County Agricultural Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

To construct an Arts and Heritage Center on the fair grounds. The Sibley County Fair will erect an Arts and Heritage Center with a 40 foot stage and two dressing rooms. The building will primarily serve as an educational arts and culture center for the fair. The fair will present acts on the stage from six to eight hours per day during the fair.

Sibley
Recipient
Mantorville Art Guild
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Small Towns/Rural Areas
Dodge
Olmsted
Steele
Recipient
Steele County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To improve the lighting in the arts area that features textiles, photography, culinary, gardening and hobbies exhibits, and the antique automobiles display area. Funds will also be used to hire a strolling performer during the fair.

Steele