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10th Annual The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council sponsored the 10th Annual South Central Regional Exhibition May 8-June 20, 2002 in cooperation with the Mankato Area Arts Council, which owns and operates the historic Carnegie Arts Center. "This juried exhibit is an opportunity for emerging and established artists to display their work in a professional setting", noted Brenda Flintrop, Executive Director. The show encompassed a variety of mediums which included: drawings and paintings in acrylic, oil and watercolor; mixed media; photography; fiber; ceramics; sculpture and woodcarving. A total of 100 works of art were displayed. The exhibition jurors were Stewart Turnquist, an artist, designer and Coordinator of the MN Artists Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Art; and James Wegner, a retired art instructor of Riverland Community College, Austin. (Continued on page 3)
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Quarterly Newsletter
Summer 2002
Sponsorship and Production Art Project Grants of $37,920 were awarded this spring
The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (PLAC) awarded $49,170 in arts grants this spring to organizations and artists in the nine county area with $37,920 appropriated by the MN State Legislature and $11,250 by the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis. Organization grants were awarded for a variety of activities including: arts festivals, dance, instrumental and vocal music, theater, literature, and visual art. Grantees & their projects are listed on pages 4-6.
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"Circles of Life", Stoneware & Glass
Sculpture by David Kroeger, Mankato