On Tuesday the board of directors of the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council awarded 25 grants totaling of $98,276 in funding to applicants throughout southeastern Minnesota. This included 12 individual artist grants for $47,276, one $3,000 artists in education grant for K-12 programming and 12 general operating support grants to arts organizations for $48,000.

SEMAC is the state arts board-designated granting authority for local/regional arts producing and sponsoring organizations and disburses funds allocated for this purpose by the Minnesota state Legislature. The SEMAC region includes the counties of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha and Winona.

Albert Lea Art Center received a $4,000 general operating support grant for staffing and salaries.