| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
Art Shanty Projects, Minneapolis | $ 25,000 | | Art Shanty Projects will repurpose a portion of White Bear Lake's frozen surface into a winter festival. It is equal parts gallery, artist residency, and interactive community with multidisciplinary art installations and performances. |
Cultural Awareness Organization, Worthington | $ 10,420 | | The Cultural Awareness Organization will work with community leaders to present a multicultural festival that is free to the public and includes Minnesota folk and traditional performers, foods, artist booths, and children's activities. |
Frozen River Film Festival, Winona | $ 49,790 | | The Frozen River Film Festival will present the art of documentary filmmaking in celebration of community, connecting audiences with filmmakers and other artists who explore global and local issues that focus on our human connections to the world. |
Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais | $ 31,413 |
| The Grand Marais Arts Festival will showcase over 70 local and regional artists through artist booths, demonstrations, and activities in celebration of art on the North Shore of Lake Superior on
July 8-9, 2017. |
Historic Paramount Theatre, Austin | $ 34,850 | | The Austin ArtWorks Festival will feature a broad selection of experiences in the visual, performing, and literary arts including interactive activities, artistic demonstrations, and an outdoor stage featuring musical guests. |
Irish Fair of Minnesota, Saint Paul | $ 74,025 |
| The Irish Fair of Minnesota will present an Irish arts and cultural festival featuring over 400 performers and staffed by over 600 dedicated volunteers in August of 2017, on Harriet Island in
Saint Paul. |
Lowertown Blues Festival, Saint Paul | $ 20,000 | | The Lowertown Blues Festival will showcase 100 Minnesota blues artists to 25,000 attendees in Saint Paul, July 21-22, 2017. |
NEMAA, Minneapolis | $ 49,725 | | Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) will present the 22nd annual Art-A-Whirl, an open studio tour throughout Northeast Minneapolis, May 19-21, 2017. Art-A-Whirl provides an opportunity to connect with over 500 artists in their studios, attend demonstrations, and purchase local artwork. |
RiverSong Music Festival, Hutchinson | $ 29,161 | | RiverSong Music Festival will host its ninth two-day, outdoor music festival in Hutchinson, Minnesota, July 14-15, 2017, introducing a diverse audience to a variety of music in a scenic, riverside setting. |
Square Lake Film and Music Festival, Stillwater | $ 8,750 | | The Square Lake Film and Music Festival will present an annual outdoor celebration of Minnesota film and music held near Stillwater. Attendees will enjoy local music, a juried program of locally produced animation and short films, and the debut of a live film score. |
Twin Cities Film Fest, Saint Louis Park | $ 68,750 | | Twin Cities Film Fest will give Minnesota filmmakers a national voice by showcasing exceptional local films, stimulating professional growth, growing access for Minnesota audiences to independent cinema, and educating new and underrepresented voices in film. |
Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Saint Paul | $ 75,000 | | Twin Cities Jazz Festival will attract 40,000 festivalgoers of all ages to Lowertown and Downtown Saint Paul on June 23-25 to showcase 400 Minnesota jazz artists at nineteen venues. |
Twin Cities Pride, Minneapolis | $ 74,027 | | Twin Cities Pride will present more than 60 artists, including twenty queer artists of color, at the 2017 Pride Festival and will continue working with festivalgoers and others to create a living history film that documents the LGBT Pride Movement in Minnesota. |
