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From:CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARTS BOARD <br />To:Othoudt, Amanda <br />Subject:[EXTERNAL] For Immidiate Release - Central MN Arts Board Awards Public Art Grants <br />Date:Thursday, May 16, 2019 9:21:48 AM <br />CMAB_logo <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />The Central Minnesota Arts Board awards Public Art Grants <br />At the May 9, 2019 meeting, the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB) awarded $38,000 in Public Art <br />Grants to three local recipients. <br />The CMAB Public Art program provides funds for the completion of well-planned works of <br />public art that are accessible to the general public and supported by the community. An <br />organization must provide a minimum of 25% in matching funds. Public Art Grants are provided <br />through Minnesota's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. <br /> <br />1. City of Monticello, $9,400, artist D. Helene Woods will create and install a mural series on <br />the exterior of the Monticello Community Center designed to depict healthy activity <br />opportunities available in the center. <br /> <br />2. Community Legacy Foundation, $19,750, artist Roger Reinardy and Nick Christianson from <br />Brodin Studios in Kimball, MN, will work together to create a bronze rendering of Sinclair Lewis <br />to be installed at the Sinclair Lewis Library to coincide with the 2020 centennial celebration of <br />Lewis' novel, “Main Street” July 2019 in Sauk Centre, MN. <br /> <br />3. Delano Area Council for Arts and Culture, $8,850, for Spark the Power of Art- vinyl utility <br />box sleeves with photos of work created by local artists: Donna Rice, glass sculptor; Emily Lynch <br />Victory, mathematical illustrator; Mitch Kezar, Photographer; Jill Woodward, painting and <br />drawing; Shari Zimmerman, painting and mix media; Sarah Flicek, metalsmith; to be installed