This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
On March 11, 2025, the SEMAC Board of Directors awarded $127,335 in arts programming grants to individual artists throughout Southeastern Minnesota. This includes one Opportunity Grant, nineteen Advancing Artist Grants, and eleven Emerging Artist Grants.
SEMAC, a non-profit arts agency, is designated by the State of Minnesota Arts Board as the regional arts council for eleven southeastern Minnesota counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.
Grants awarded include the following artists:
Goodhue County
Kate Bauman received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Surfaces for Sculptural Clay Forms.
Brian Johnson received a $3,000 Emerging Artist grant for Suite for 3 VCRs and Guitar.
Dawn Mikkelson received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Becoming Lake City (working title).
Rice County
Paul Dice received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Mixed Asian and West Composition.
Martha Larson received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Percussive Techniques for the Cello.
Kent McInnis received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for What Lights Our Way.
Scott Roberts received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Lost Heroes of the Imagination.
JC Sanford received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for Second Annual Northfield Jazz Festival.
Shari Setchell received a $5,000 Advancing Artist grant for You do not have to be good.
Nat Wilson received a $3,000 Emerging Artist grant for Folklore through Shadow Puppet Theatre.
SEMAC congratulates the award winners and looks forward to celebrating the creative work these grants will support throughout southeastern Minnesota.
For more information about SEMAC's grant programs, visit semac.org or contact the office at 507-281-4848.
