SMAC: A Year in Review

July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016

Grant Recipients

July 2015 thru June 2016

126 grants

totaling$509,9

72Awarded in SMAC

region

2015 – 2016 Grants Awarded

44 grants awarded

$168,283for Art Projects

Art Project Grant Program

Lac qui Parle Players“Production of ‘White Christmas’”

Art Project Grant

Hutchinson Center for the Arts2016 SMAC Region Juried Art Exhibition

Art Project Grant

Prairie Winds Concert Band2015-2016 Concert Season

Dassel-Cokato Community EducationProduce the musical, “Plain Hearts”, at Dassel History Center

The Barn Theatre, WillmarSummer Performance Season 2016

Art Project Grant

Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra“An Afternoon at the Opera” Performance

Art Project Grant

Rhythm of the RiverRhythm of the River Music Festival

Art Project Grant

City of CottonwoodMusic at Central Park Market

Art Project Grant

Winsted Arts CouncilSpring, Summer 2016 Programming & Performance

Art Project Grant

Dawson-Boyd Community EducationDawson-Boyd Children’s Summer Musical

Art Project Grant

New London Music Festival

Art Project Grant

Dassel Area Historical Society“Discover Dassel” Art Tour 2016

Art Project Grant

4 grants awarded

$75,936for Art Legacy Projects

Art LEGACY ProjectGrant Program

Pioneer Public Television“Creative Placemaking in Appleton”

Art Legacy Project Grant

Worthington Public Arts CommissionCrailsheim Bridge Project – Connecting Our Sister Cities

Art Legacy Project Grant

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society“Encountering Robert Bly: Art, Stories and Poems”

Art Legacy Project Grant

City of MontevideoPainted Railroad Car Project

Art Legacy Project Grant

Project In-Progress

8 grants awarded

$45,994for Equipment & Facilities

Improvement and Legacy-Level Projects

Equipment & FacilitiesGrant Programs

Legacy Equipment & Facilities Grant

Lake Benton Opera HouseBuilding Repairs & Lighting Upgrade

Legacy Equipment & Facilities Grant

Crow River Drumline AssociationFrontline Drum Equipment purchase

Legacy Equipment & Facilities Grant

The Barn Theatre - WillmarStage Lighting

16 grants awarded

$46,913for Arts in the Schools Projects

Arts in the Schools Grant Program

1895 students at15 different schools participated in artist residencies & art field trips

Arts in the Schools Grant

Hills-Beaver Creek School DistrictCeramic & Glass Mural

Bert Raney Elementary SchoolRoss Sutter Residency

Arts in the Schools Grant

Lakeview School District #2167Graffiti Artist, Peyton Russell, Residency

Arts in the Schools Grant

Lac qui Parle Valley SchoolClay Spirit Animal Sculptures & Collaborative Art

Arts in the Schools Grant

3 grants awarded$10,529

Arts Organization Development Grant

Program

Dawson-Boyd Arts Assoc: Technical Skills collaborationWillmar Community Theatre: CRM Software; Director & Board

Training

35 grants awarded

$66,988for Individual Artist Projects

including developing, career, art study opportunity for youth and

legacy-level grants

Individual Artist Grant Program

12 youth participated in independentarts studies orattended arts camps

23 artists

PaintingPhotographyPotteryFused glassScreen printing

SuppliesEquipmentClassesEditing RecordingTime

SculptureMusicTheatrePoetryFiction

received grants for

across many disciplines

Pam Blake“Creating with Fused Glass”

Individual Artist – Developing Artist Grant

Marjorie NilssenPainting Class: The Art Students League of New York

Individual Artist – Established Career Artist Grant

Anabelle LecyAttend Southwest String Festival

Art Study Opportunity for Youth Grant

Olivia WhitePartial Tuition for Southwest Minnesota String Festival

Art Study Opportunity for Youth Grant

2 grants awarded

$4,000awarded

Arts Legacy Planning Grant

City of Montevideo: Planning for Railroad Car MuralMarshall Community Services: “Spirit of the Community

Sculpture” Plan

10 grants awarded

$81,329awarded

Operating Support Grant

Crow River PlayersDawson Boyd Arts Association

Granite Area Arts CouncilHutchinson Center for the Arts

Lake Benton Opera House

Marshall Area Fine Arts CouncilMilan Village Arts School

Prairie Arts ChoraleWillmar Area Arts Council

Winsted Arts Council

1 grants awarded

$2,500awarded

Local Arts Initiative Grants

SW / WC Service Cooperative: Conference for Young Artists

841 students attendedSW/WC ServiceCooperative’sConference forYoung Artists

(sponsored in part by SMAC)

1 grant awarded$2,000

awarded

Start-Up Grants

Jackson Center for the Arts to obtain their 501c(3) non-profit status

SMAC Artist Retreat

held annually in the Spring

Artist Retreat

Held at Danebod Folk School, Tyler

SMAC Gallery

6 grantees invited to exhibit each year

JEDD PETERS (July – Aug 2015)

MARY MULENBURG (Sept – Oct 2015)

KARI CL WEBER (Nov – Dec 2015)

MARJORIE NILSSEN (Jan – Feb 2016)

MARK THODE (March – April 2016)

BILL GOSSMAN (May – June 2016)

Prairie Star recipients

1993 – Fredrick Manfred1994 – Robert Remick1996 – Edward Evans1997 – Leo Dangle1997 – Henry Kyllingstad1998 – Agnes Alsgaard-Lien1999 – Bernie Aaker2000 – Bill Holm2001 – Fred Cogelow2002 – Gene & Lucy Tokheim

2003 – Joseph Amato2004 – Franz Albert Richter2005 – Patricia Kadlecek2006 – Karen Jensen2007 – Daniel Rieppel2008 – Robert Whitcomb2009 – Robert Mattson2010 – Karl “Bill” Gossman2012 – Malena Handeen2014 – Emily Lodine

PAST Prairie Star RECIPIENTS

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Frederick Manfred, 1993

Robert Remick, 1994

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Leo Dangel, 1997Ed Evans, 1996

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Bernie Aaker, 1999

Henry Killingstad, 1997

Fred Cogelow, 2001

Bill Holm, 2000

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Joseph Amato, 2003

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Gene & Lucy Tokheim, 2002

Patricia Kadlecek, 2005

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Franz Albert Richter, 2004

Dr. Daniel Rieppel, 2007

Karen Jensen, 2006

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Robert Whitcomb, 2008

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Robert Mattson, 2009

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Bill Gossman, 2010

Malena Handeen, 2012

SMAC – Past Prairie Stars

Emily Lodine, 2014

2016 PRAIRIE STAR

CRAIGEDWARD

SNew London, MN

Prairie Disciple recipients

1995 – Vernon E. Stevens1996 – Patricia Enger1997 – Tina Anderson Richards1998 – Ben Vander Kooi, Jr.2000 – Mercein Holzemer2001 – Rallah Madison2002 – Karen Reede2004 – Patrick J. Moore2005 – Louise Mack

2006 – Carol Westberg2007 – Bob Whitney2008 – Violet Risch2009 – Joe Paddock2010 – Ruth McKinney2011 – Nancy Geiger2012 – Tricia Mikle2013 – Jerry Deuschle2014 – John Voit2015 – Raeanna Gislason

PAST Prairie Disciple RECIPIENTS

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Patricia Enger, 1996

Tina Richards, 1997

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Ben Vander Kooi, Jr., 1998

Mercein Holzemer, 2000

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Rallah Madison, 2001 Karen Reede, 2002

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Robert Whitney, 2007

Carol Westberg, 2006

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Violet Risch, 2008 Joe Paddock, 2009

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Ruth McKinney, 2010

Nancy Geiger, 2011

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

Tricia Mikle, 2012

Jerry Deuschle, 2013

SMAC – Past Prairie Disciples

John Voit, 2014 Raeanna Gislason, 2015

2016 PRAIRIE DISCIPLE

BRIANPEARSO

NNew London, MN

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