Category Archives: Artist Grant Awards

Grants awarded to individual artists in Region 7W

CMAB Awards Artist Career Development Grants to area artists


At the September 10, 2026, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $39,002 in Artist Career Development grants to artists in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties. The CMAB Artist Career Development program provides up to $4,000 in funding to support projects, training opportunities, creative time, purchases and other activities that assist artists in […]

CMAB Awards Teaching Artist Grants to Area Artists


At the June 11, 2026, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $4,500 in Teaching Artist Grants to two area artists. 1. Janette Yiran, $2,500, for Exploring Culture through Bead-Making course with the Boys and Girls Club of Central Minnesota in Saint Cloud, MN. 2. Lacey Eidem, $2,000, Faces of Our Community – watercolor […]

Teaching Artist Grant Awarded to Local Artist


At the March 12, 2026, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded Teaching Artist Cristina Seaborn, $2,500, to conduct a residency for students at North and South Junior High and Kennedy Community Schools. Students will learn arrangement of melody, rhythms, and chord progressions while including singing and drumming with string orchestra arrangements of traditional […]

CMAB Awards Teaching Artist Grant to Area Artist


At the November 13, 2025, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded Teaching Artist Kelly Meyer, $2,500, for Creative Connections: Nature-Inspired Art for Well-Being residency at Annandale Care Center in Annandale, MN. The residency will provide elderly adults in assisted living and memory care settings the opportunity to engage in artmaking activities that increase […]

CMAB Awards Artist Career Development Grants to area artists


At the September 11, 2025, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $37,700 in Artist Career Development grants to artists in Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns counties. The CMAB Artist Career Development program provides up to $4,000 in funding to support projects, training opportunities, creative time, purchases and other activities that assist artists in making […]

CMAB Awards Teaching Artist Grant to Area Artist


At the March 13, 2025, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded Teaching Artist Alison Yager to conduct a Saturday Summer Arts Walk-In Workshop Series for ages 14 and up at MontiArts in Monticello, MN. The workshop series will use paper-based arts to teach drawing and folding techniques, collaging and storytelling, weaving patterns, making […]

CMAB Awards Teaching Artist Grants to Area Artist


At the November 14, 2025, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded Teaching Artist Dan Gruhlke of Monticello $2,000 in support of “1,000 Words Through the Eyes of Kindergartners” residency at Annandale Elementary School. The residency will provide the opportunity to engage students in teaching photo composition techniques with point-and-shoot cameras culminating in a […]

CMAB Awards Artist Career Development Grants to area artists


At the September 12, 2024, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $70,633 in Artist Career Development grants to artists in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties. The CMAB Artist Career Development program provides funding in support of projects, training opportunities, purchases and other activities that assist artists in making the next step in […]

Area Artists Awarded Teaching Artist Grants


At the June 7, 2024, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $4,000 in Teaching Artist Grants (TAG) to support local artists in conducting arts learning activities in community settings. Funding for the TAG program is provided by the McKnight Foundation. 1. Tracy Rittmueller, $2,000, to lead a writer’s cohort in a 3-session residency […]

CMAB Awards Teaching Artist Grants to Area Artists


At the November 9, 2023, meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $4,000 in Teaching Artist Grants to support local artists in conducting arts learning activities in community settings. • Carol Moore, of Buffalo, received $2,000 to conduct a Beginner Watercolor Workshop for adults at Monti Arts in Monticello, MN. • Dan Gruhlke, of […]