Grant recipients

2022 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Bismarck Art & Galleries Association Square Foot Exhibit $1900.00
Bismarck Mandan Civic Chorus 2022 Spring Concert “Singing in the Rain” $3,000.00
Bismarck Ball for Arts & Humanities Artist/Musician Stipends $200.00
Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation Healing Art Workshops $1,500.00
Bismarck Library Foundation Incorporating Local Art into Circulated Library Art Collection $1,200.00
BisMarket Live Music at Market: “Lettuce Turnip the Beet” $3,300.00
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association Young Person’s Guide: Free Educational Concerts $3,100.00
Bismarck State College Foundation BSC Theatre Production Season 2022 Guest Directing Fees $1,200.00
Capital Quilters Guild Quiltfest 2022 $2,800.00
Capitol Shakespeare Death of a Salesman Performance $2,400.00
Central Dakota Childrens Choir Educational Outreach Concerts & Spring Concert Series $3,200.00
Dakota ProMusica 21-22 Concert Season $1,200.00
Dakota Stage Ltd. Shade Tree Players $2,200.00
Downtown Business Association Foundation 11th Annual Downtowners Art & Wine Walk: Artist/Musicians Stipends $1,300.00
Dakota Media Access 2022 Dakota Film Festival $2,500.00
Flickertail Woodcarvers Spring 2022 Class & Fall 2022 Carving Show $2,500.00
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra 2022 Performance: “Woodwinds Down on the Farm” $1,700.00
Northern Plains Dance 2022 Dance + $2,900.00
Bismarck Downtown Artists Cooperative/NPHF Little Free Art Galleries Community Engagement Project $1,600.00
Prairie Textile Arts Guild Needlepoint Sunflower Project Class $300.00
River Rhapsody Chorus Holiday Concert $600.00
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park Educational Programming at Sleepy Hollow $2,700.00
Theo Art School Art for All- Share the Love of Art Classes $3,300.00
Urban Harvest Urban Harvest Live Performances Summer 2022 $700.00
Lea Black Travel Local: International & Local Foods Photo/Recipe Book $900.00
Hollis Macintosh Heid 2nd Sunday Concert Series- Highland Acres Neighborhood $800.00
Ellen Knudsen Duffey Stained Glass Greenhouse Workshops $500.00
Jessica Wachter Open Studio: Community & Bismarck Public School Engagement $500.00

Total Amount Awarded | $50,000.00

2022 Community Re-Grant Committee Members:

  • Tom Marple- BSC Graphic Design Professor (recently retired)
  • Marnie Piehl- AARP
  • Dana Schaar-Jahner- Bismarck Parks and Recreation Department
  • Laura Devlin- Northern Plains Dance and Dakota Stage
  • James McMahon- Simle Middle School Choral Director
Others present (non-voting):

  • Mary Rennich, Vice President Dakota West Arts Council
  • Jennifer Eaton, CPA Dakota West Arts Council
  • Molly McLain, Executive Director Dakota West Arts Council

2021 GRANT RECIPIENTS

BisMarket 2021 Saturday Performing Artists $2,725.00
Bismarck Art Galleries Association Square Foot Exhibit $2,090.00
*Bismarck Art Vending Machine Collective Meadowlark Mercantile Local Art Vending Machines $925.00
Bismarck Mandan Civic Chorus 2021 Spring Concert – We Sing Again $3,025.00
BisMan Writers Guild The Art of Writing Traveling NDAGA Show $2,505.00
Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation Art for Healing Classes $2,300.00
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association “The Promise of Living” concert $3,020.00
Bismarck State College Foundation Dakota Sings- PPB Radio Show $1,000.00
*Cottonwood Bluegrass Band 20th Anniversary Concert $1,000.00
Central Dakota Children’s Choir Educational Outreach & Spring Concert $2,710.00
Dakota Stage Shade Tree Players Summer Children’s Theater Program $2,715.00
*Daniel Bielinski Lamentations- A North Dakota Feature Film- Editing Support $890.00
Downtowner’s Business Association of Bismarck 10th Annual Art & Wine Walk $2,660.00
Gallery 522 Nature & Art Instructional Lessons & Exhibit $815.00
*Scott Grandi-Hill Bismarck Local Foods & Cooking Video & Culinary Arts $830.00
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra “This Place is a Zoo” concert $1,650.00
Missouri Valley Quilt Guild National Quilt Teacher Workshops, Trunk Show, Lecture $1,480.00
Northern Plains Dance 2021 Dance + $3,015.00
*Shelly Sayler Ceramic Platters Hunger Awareness Traveling Exhibit $985
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park Arts Education Programming $3,130.00
Theo Art School “Art for All” Programs $2,638.00
TruNorth Theatre TruNorth Season 4 $2,285.00
Virtual Studio Crawl Collective 2021 Virtual Studio Crawl $2,640.00

Total Amount Awarded | $47,033.00

2020 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Artists Celebrating Christ Art Show & Arts Education $1,450.00
Bismarck Art Galleries Association Square Foot Exhibit $1,700.00
Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation Art for Healing Classes $1,950.00
Bismarck Mandan Civic Chorus 2020 Spring Concert – North Dakota Sings $2,650.00
BisMarket 2020 Saturday Performing Artists $2,383.83
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association Star Crossed Love Concert $2,190.00
Bismarck State College Foundation Red Lodge Clay Center Workshop $950.00
Capital Quilters Quiltfest $2,100.00
Capitol Shakespeare Wireless Microphones $1,000.00
Central Dakota Children’s Choir Educational Outreach Concerts & Scholarships $2,400.00
Dakota Media Access Dakota Film Festival $2,700.00
Dakota Stage Shade Tree Players Summer Children’s Theater Program $3,075.00
Gallery 522 Nature & Art $700.00
Flickertail Woodcarvers 2020 Carving Classes & Woodcarving Show $1,375.00
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra “Mothers Day” concert $1,850.00
Missouri River Community Band 2020 Bismarck Band Performances $1,450.00
Northern Plains Dance 2020 Dance + $2,400.00
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park Arts Education Programming $2,650.00
The Capital Gallery “Connected” Art Exhibit $1,015.15
Theo Art School “Art for All” Programs $3,150.00
Urban Harvest 2020 Performing Artists $1,450.00

​ Total Amount Awarded | $44,863.00

2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Artists Celebrating Christ Art Show & Arts Education $1,000.00
Bismarck Art Galleries Association Square Foot Exhibit $2,130.30
Bismarck Mandan Civic Chorus 2019 Spring Concert – North Dakota Sings $3,383.83
BisMarket 2019 Saturday Performing Artists $2,383.83
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association “Time in a Bottle” concert $2,965.65
Bismarck State College Foundation Blizzard Bluegrass Weekend $1,894.94
Central Dakota Children’s Choir Educational Outreach Concerts & Scholarships $3,800.00
Dakota Media Access Dakota Film Festival $3,800.00
Dakota Stage Shade Tree Players Summer Children’s Theater Program $3,789.88
Downtowner’s Business Association of Bismarck Art & Wine Walk $1,166.22
Gallery 522 Nature & Art $879.79
Flickertail Woodcarvers 2019 Carving Classes & Woodcarving Show $2,091.91
Makewell 2019 Creative Workshop Marathon $564.42
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra “Voices of Spring” concert $2,200.98
Missouri River Community Band 2019 Bismarck Band Performances $1,500.00
Missouri Valley Quilt Guild National Quilt Teacher Workshops, Trunk Show, Lecture $1,184.34
Northern Plains Dance 2019 Dance + $3,481.02
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park Arts Education Programming $3,948.25
The Capital Gallery “Connected” Art Exhibit $1,015.15
Theo Art School “Art for All” Programs $3,800.00
Urban Harvest 2019 Performing Artists $1,600.00
Vanessa Voskuil Performance “En masse for North Dakota” $1,127.49

Total Amount Awarded | $49,708.00

2018 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Artists Celebrating Christ Art Show $742
BAGA’s Square Foot Exhibition $2,200
Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation Art for Healing Workshops $2,121
Bismarck Mandan Civic Chorus 40th Anniversary Gala Concert $3,190
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association Da Capo Subscription Concert $2,904
BisMarket 2018 Entertainment $1,144
Capital Quilters Quiltfest 2018 $2,728
Capitol Shakespeare Sound System $2,552
Central Dakota Children’s Choir Educational Outreach Concerts & Need-Base Scholarships $3,256
Dakota Media Access Film Festival $2,992
Dakota Stage, Inc. Shade Tree Player’s Summer Children’s Theater $2,908
Downtown Business Community Foundation Art & Wine Walk $1,496
​Flickertail Woodcarvers 2018 Carving Class/2018 Annual Show/5oth Anniversary Historical Record Project $2,508
Gallery 522 Student Art Explosion of Creativity Classes $616
Missouri River Community Band Free Public Performances $1,056
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra “Creatures Wild and Creatures Tame” $1,641
Northern Plains Dance Dance + $3,344
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park Visual Art, Drama & Performing Arts Classes $2,992
Theo Art School “Art for All — Share the Love of Art” $3,520
Urban Harvest Performances & Market $1,267
Nicole Ganger, artist, Downtown Mural $845
Cottonwood Bluegrass Band, performing artists BSC Blizzard Bluegrass Weekend $757
Karen & Emile Ehrens, artists, Mosaic Column- Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library $844
Molly McLain, artist, Mosaic Column- Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library $844
​Linae Bieber, artist Awaken Earth: Larger-than-life Street Puppets and Dance $801
​Joel Porter, performing, visual arts, literary artist Hiraeth EP Premiere & Release Show $572
​Samuel Sprynczynatyk, Film producer, literary artist North Dakota Sleepy Hollow Documentary $704
Lydia Richez-Bowman, literary and visual artist Professional Book Editing of “The Seven Women” $598

TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED | $50,400

2017 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Artists Celebrating Christ Art Show $424
Bismarck Art & Galleries Association $1,842
Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation $2,283
Bismarck-Mandan Civic Chorus $4,000
Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association $3,167
BisMarket $494
Central Dakota Children’s Choir $4,000
Cottonwood Bluegrass Festival $1,000
Dakota Media Access $2,908
Dakota Stage, Inc. $4,000
Downtown Business Foundation $1,011
Flickertail Woodcarvers $1,800
Gallery 522 $500
Missouri River Community Band $900
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra $1,900
Northern Plains Dance $4,000
Sleepy Hollow Summer Theatre $3,718
Theo Art School $4,000
Urban Harvest $1,305
Nicole Ganger $989
Melissa Gordon $904
Mahalia Mees $460

TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED | $47,605