Arts council awards grants

Published 12:50 pm Tuesday, March 27, 2012

On March 20 the board of directors of the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Inc. awarded 57 grants for a total of $295,300 in funding to applicants throughout southeastern Minnesota. This included 17 McKnight Individual Artist Grants for $73,200, 22 General Operating Support Grants to arts organizations for $87,000, and 18 Arts & Cultural Heritage Grants for $135,100. The latter funding is made possible by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.

SEMAC is the State Arts Board-designated granting authority for local/regional arts producing and sponsoring organizations and disburses funds allocated for this purpose by the Minnesota State Legislature. The SEMAC region includes the counties of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha and Winona.

Grants were awarded to the following area individuals and organizations:

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• Albert Lea Art Center received a $4,000 grant for general operating support.

• Freeborn County Fair received a $4,600 Arts & Cultural Heritage grant for A Touch of Broadway.

For information about the grant application process, eligibility or grant writing assistance, contact the SEMAC office at 2778 D Commerce Dr NW, Rochester, MN 55901 or call 281-4848. Information may also be found on our website at www.semac.org.