The Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB), at their March 14, 2024 meeting, awarded sixteen (16) Community Arts Support Grants totaling $137,128.
The CMAB Community Arts Support Program provides biennial grants for administration, operations, equipment purchases and to improve access and outreach to underserved groups. These unrestricted grants are awarded to nonprofit arts organizations that demonstrate efficient management and high-quality artistic programming. Funding for the Community Arts Support Grant program is provided through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund created by the Voters of Minnesota.
Award recipients:
1. 510 Art Lab, $10,000 – Stearns County
2. 728 Cadets Marching Arts, $10,000 – Sherburne County
3. Annandale Art and Textile Center, $10,000 – Wright County
4. Avon Hills Folk School, $10,000 – Stearns County
5. Buffalo Community Orchestra, $8,064 – Wright County
6. Buffalo Community Theater, $10,000 – Wright County
7. Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra, $6,492 – Stearns County
8. Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, $10,000 – Stearns County
9. Granite City Folk Society, $3,000 – Stearns County
10. Great Northern Theatre Company, $10,000 – Stearns County
11. Great River Chorale, $10,000 – Stearns County
12. Minnesota Center Choral, $6,572 – Stearns County
13. Sinclair Lewis Foundation, $3,000 – Stearns County
14. SOAR Regional Arts, $10,000 – Wright County
15. St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, $10,000 – Stearns County
16. Youth Chorale of Central MN, $10,000 – Stearns County
The Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB) strives to enhance appreciation of the essential economic and social roles the arts play in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright counties by providing grants and professional development services to arts and community organizations, schools, government units and individuals.
For more information about the Central MN Arts Board visit www.centralmnartsboard.org or call the office at 320-968-4290 or toll free at 1-866-825-1471.