All Projects

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Area Arts Council

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

They will install track lighting and movable panels in the gallery and stipend for the part-time administrative position.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Area Arts Council

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will coordinate the 19th Annual Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council’s Juried Art Exhibition.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Area Community Band

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will perform free outdoor concerts in Sibley Park, Mankato.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will perform 4 concerts; develop marketing strategies to increase audience attendance; and provide a stipend for the musical director.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Ballet Company

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will present "The Nutcracker" and expand their programming to include guest choreographers and more challenging dance pieces.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Children's Chorus

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will present youth choral concerts of the five choirs and provide instrumentalists.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Figure Skating Club

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will present their Ice Skating Show and offer choreography and artistic clinics and classes.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Mankato Symphony Orchestra Association AKA Mankato Symphony Orchestra

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will present "Handel With Care" for children and families, and "Music on the Hill," a new chamber music series.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Maple River High School

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will provide students musical experiences outside the classroom setting, including: concerts, a ballet, and guest clinicians.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Merely Players Community Theatre

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will present their 2010-2011 season of four theatre productions, featuring "Hansel and Gretel."

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Minnesota State University-Mankato

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will sponsor two public evening concerts featuring ethnic musical groups with one educational activity at a local school.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Minnesota State University-Mankato

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will sponsor their 30th annual season of monthly readings and workshops for students and the public.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Minnesota Valley Chorale

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,515

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will perform 3 concerts for their 2010-2011 season, one in conjunction with Mankato Symphony Orchestra.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Minnesota Valley Chorus Sweet Adelines

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will provide coaching and individual music education for members and develop a high school Barbershop chorus program.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

MRCI WorkSource

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,250

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will provide classes and art shows for artists with disabilities; purchase professional frames, glass, and a portable display system.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Musicorum

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,325

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will present 3 concerts for their 2010-2011 season.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Project GEM

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will provide arts education programs to at risk youth, ages 5-18, within a four county area.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Rock Bend Folk Festival

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will sponsor a 2-day regional festival featuring local artists and folk music on two stages.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Scholarship

Recipient

Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$300

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

She will take piano lessons with a private instructor.

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Recipient

Twin Rivers Center for the Arts

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

They will sponsor year-round exhibits, a box office and online ticketing for area arts groups, and host workshops for nonprofits and artists.

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Recipient

Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

2010 "tilt-a-whirl" mural project.

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Recipient

Faribault Art Center AKA Paradise Center for the Arts

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$15,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Self-funded visual arts educational program for children.

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Recipient

Giants of the Earth Heritage Center

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Giants Folk and Fine Arts School.

Arts in Education Residency

Recipient

Minnesota State Academy for the Blind

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$675

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Jazz and calypso workshops for grades K-12.

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Recipient

Northfield Senior Citizens, Inc

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Arts programming expansion for seniors.

Community Arts

Recipient

Watertown Film Festival

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Funding for the 2011 Watertown Film Festival featuring live musical showcases, artist panels, and film showcases. The festival will be held at the Watertown Mayer Performing Arts Center in June 2011.

Community Arts Access

Recipient

Wah De Nah Historic and Environmental Learning Proj. AKA Old Wadena Society

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To put on the multi-disciplinary arts festival, "The Old Wadena Rendezvous and Folklife Festival."

Community Arts Support

Recipient

Buffalo Community Orchestra

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,589

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

This grant will enhance the Buffalo Community Orchestra's ability to provide quality arts programming.

Community Arts Access

Recipient

Lamplighter Community Theatre

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To produce "The Pirates of Penzance."

Community Arts Access

Recipient

Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,360

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Spring concert.

Community Arts Access

Recipient

Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,570

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Performance of Handel's "Messiah."

Community Arts Access

Recipient

Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,350

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

For the October 29 concert featuring works written for or with children in mind.

Folk and Traditional Arts

Recipient

Nordic Arts Alliance

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$14,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Nordic Arts Alliance presents Ordinary Vikings by Minnesota artist Jill Johnson, creating traditional Scandinavian Bronze and Iron Age bog stav sculptures based on Nordic cultural stories. The work is expanded upon and interpreted by Icelandic folklore storyteller Ingibjorg Gisladottir. There will be an outdoor exhibition at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve.