FY 2010 Grantees
Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative grants support and assist artists at various stages in their careers by encouraging artistic development, nurturing artistic creativity, and recognizing the contribution individual artists make to the creative environment of the state of Minnesota.
| Number of grants awarded |
183 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$1,000,000 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Maureen Aitken, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Ahmad Alam, St Paul |
$5,400 |
| William Alexander, Minneapolis |
$4,000 |
| J. Anthony Allen, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Kent Anderson, Richfield |
$6,000 |
| Cheryl Anthony, St Paul |
$3,500 |
| Joel Arnold, Savage |
$6,000 |
| Megan Atwood, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Christopher Atzinger, Northfield |
$6,000 |
| Swati Avasthi, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Sara Belleau, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Colleen Bertsch, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Kris Bigalk, Minnetonka |
$5,700 |
| Eliza Blue, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Susan Boecher, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Priscilla Briggs, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Linda Brooks, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Greg Carideo, Bloomington |
$6,000 |
| Cori Chandler-Pepelnjak, St Louis Park |
$6,000 |
| Howard Christopherson, New Brighton |
$6,000 |
| Keith Cich, Duluth |
$6,000 |
| John Clark, St Paul |
$4,000 |
| Amanda Coplin, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Nancy Coyne, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Martin Cozza, Minneapolis |
$5,300 |
| D.J. Mal, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Gina Dabrowski, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Crist Dahl, Rochester |
$6,000 |
| Liza Davitch, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Jill Dawe, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Meryl DePasquale, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Pallavi Dixit, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Benjamin Doty, Minneapolis |
$3,200 |
| David Eberhardt, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| David Echelard, Winona |
$3,500 |
| David Eisenlord, Minnetonka |
$6,000 |
| Anne Elias, Roseville |
$6,000 |
| Elissa Elliott, Rochester |
$3,900 |
| Annie M. Enneking, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Rolf Erdahl, Apple Valley |
$5,000 |
| Emily Freeman, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Katinka Galanos, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Bart Galle, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Vance Gellert, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Miriam Gerberg, St Paul |
$3,200 |
| Melody Gilbert, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Kathleen Glasgow, St Paul |
$5,000 |
| Rob Glieden, Carver |
$3,000 |
| Bill Gorcica, St Cloud |
$5,000 |
| Michael Gorrie, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Sarah Greer, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Janet G Grove, Maple Grove |
$4,000 |
| Joshua Grubbs, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Jocelyn Hagen, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Daniel Handeen, Minneapolis |
$5,000 |
| Elizabeth Hardt, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Margaret Hasse, St Paul |
$5,600 |
| Mike Hazard, St Paul |
$5,100 |
| Lacey Prpic Hedtke, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Claire Hellweg, Plymouth |
$6,000 |
| William Henry, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Ralph Hepola, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Pao Her, Lino Lakes |
$5,000 |
| Kristine Heykants, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Ann Heymann, Winthrop |
$6,000 |
| Noah Hoehn, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Gao Hong, Northfield |
$6,000 |
| Sylvia Horwitz, Minneapolis |
$3,200 |
| MC Hyland, Minneapolis |
$5,000 |
| Khary Jackson, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Diane Jarvi, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Jennifer Jenkins, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Earl Johnson, Inver Grove Heights |
$6,000 |
| Peter L Johnson, St Paul |
$2,800 |
| Daniel Kallman, Northfield |
$6,000 |
| Brett Kallusky, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Catherine Kennedy, Brooklyn Park |
$2,700 |
| Athena Kildegaard, Morris |
$5,100 |
| Patricia Kirkpatrick, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Merilee Klemp, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Mary Louise Knutson, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Chrissy Kolaya, Morris |
$6,000 |
| Colin Kopp, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Amy Kortuem, North Mankato |
$6,000 |
| Norah Labiner, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Jeffrey Lambert, St Louis Park |
$6,000 |
| Paula Lammers, Apple Valley |
$6,000 |
| Jana Larson, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Peter Latner, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Baker Lawley, Minneapolis |
$4,500 |
| Charles Lazarus, Wayzata |
$6,000 |
| Ed Bok Lee, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Katie Leo, Minneapolis |
$4,500 |
| J Angelique LePetit, Mankato |
$3,500 |
| Douglas Little, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Shannon Lynch, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Margaret Todd Maitland, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Ginny Maki, Minneapolis |
$5,500 |
| Thomas Maltman, Bloomington |
$5,000 |
| Jen March, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Anthony Marchetti, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Norbert George Marklin, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Joshua Mattes, Minneapolis |
$5,500 |
| Chad McAnally, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Paula McCartney, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Matthew McCright, Edina |
$5,500 |
| Matthew McLain, Canby |
$6,000 |
| Peter McLarnan, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Caly McMorrow, St Paul |
$5,400 |
| Melissa McNallan, Elgin |
$3,200 |
| John Medeiros, Minneapolis |
$3,000 |
| Anna Meek, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Joseph Midthun, St Paul |
$5,900 |
| Laura Migliorino, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Brian Miller, St Paul |
$5,500 |
| Samuel Miltich, Grand Rapids |
$3,600 |
| Vivienne Morgan, Bemidji |
$6,000 |
| Rachel Moritz, Minneapolis |
$3,000 |
| Amy Morris, Richfield |
$4,200 |
| Aleshia Mueller, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Sandy Mullaney, Plymouth |
$3,900 |
| Kristin Naca, Minneapolis |
$5,800 |
| Mike Nelson, Maple Grove |
$6,000 |
| Chris Newberry, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Jila Nikpay, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Walter Olsen, Moorhead |
$6,000 |
| Elizabeth Oness, Houston |
$6,000 |
| Scott Palmer, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Juliet Patterson, Minneapolis |
$4,300 |
| Rebecca Pavlenko, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Yvonne Pearson, Minneapolis |
$3,100 |
| Jennifer Peden, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Lauren Pelon, Red Wing |
$6,000 |
| Gary Peter, St Paul |
$4,000 |
| Rebecca Peters, Andover |
$6,000 |
| Keri Pickett, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Josh Quigley, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| William Reichard, St Paul |
$4,000 |
| Adriana Rimpel, West St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Cindy Rogers, Inver Grove Heights |
$4,500 |
| Mike Rollin, Minneapolis |
$3,000 |
| Jon Romer, Cass Lake |
$6,000 |
| Linda Rossi, Northfield |
$5,800 |
| Justin Roth, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Sarah Rudek, Roseville |
$2,700 |
| Ethan Rutherford, Minneapolis |
$5,000 |
| Frank Sander, Duluth |
$6,000 |
| Cole Sarar, Minneapolis |
$5,400 |
| Katherine Schaefer, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Tony Schaffer, St Paul |
$5,000 |
| Lorie Scott, Duluth |
$6,000 |
| Mark Seerup, St Louis Park |
$6,000 |
| Ashley Shelby, Hopkins |
$5,300 |
| Sun Yung Shin, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| William Slichter, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Astrid Slungaard, Minneapolis |
$4,000 |
| Tyler Stefanich, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Helen Stringfellow, St Paul |
$5,500 |
| Shantha Susman, Minneapolis |
$4,500 |
| r.a. swanson, Grand Portage |
$6,000 |
| James Tabaka, Marshall |
$4,500 |
| Keith Taylor, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| The Brothers D, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Chris Thomson, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Stephanie Torbert, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Shelley Tougas, North Mankato |
$4,500 |
| Katherine Turczan, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Brennan Vance, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Katrina Vandenberg, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Pramila Vasudevan, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Diego Vázquez, Jr., St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Celo V'ec, Little Falls |
$6,000 |
| Jennifer Vogel, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Eric Vrooman, Minneapolis |
$5,600 |
| Shannon Wettstein, Minneapolis |
$4,900 |
| Teresa Whitman, St Paul |
$6,000 |
| Barbara Wiener, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Jonathan Bruce Williams, Eagan |
$6,000 |
| Kenyon Williams, Moorhead |
$6,000 |
| Diane Wilson, Shafer |
$5,400 |
| Rochelle Woldorsky, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
| Elisabeth Workman, Minneapolis |
$3,700 |
| Brad Zellar, Minneapolis |
$6,000 |
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