<div>On September 8, 2026, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) Board of Directors awarded 14 Project Support for Individual Artists and Culture Bearers grants, six to emerging artists and eight to advancing artists, for a total of $71,725 in funding to individuals throughout southeastern Minnesota and including four recipients in Winona County:<ul><li>MaryLee Eischen received a $6,000 advancing artist grant for “Land of Sky Blue Water.”</li><li>Michael Munson received a $6,000 advancing artist grant for “The Banjo Created Rock & Roll.”</li><li>Elizabeth Pearse received a $4,000 emerging artist grant for “Physica - Inspirations from Hildegard.”</li><li>Jerry Windley-Daoust received a $6,000 advancing artist grant for “Bury Your Dead.”</li></ul>Recipients were selected through a competitive process with applications judged on three criteria — artistic merit, demand or need, and ability to accomplish. SEMAC congratulates the award winners and looks forward to celebrating the creativity these grants will bring to southeastern Minnesota. SEMAC has served as the designated regional arts council for Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona, including the Prairie Island Indian Community since 1977.SEMAC activities are 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.For more information, visit semac.org, or contact Anastasia Shartin, executive director, at 507-281-4848.</div>

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On September 8, 2026, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) Board of Directors awarded 14 Project Support for Individual Artists and Culture Bearers grants, six to emerging artists and eight to advancing artists, for a total of $71,725 in funding to individuals throughout southeastern Minnesota and including four recipients in Winona County:

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On September 8, 2026, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) Board of Directors awarded 14 Project Support for Individual Artists and Culture Bear

SEMAC announces grants for local artists

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