Alex Wolff $5,000.00
Music - General
Funding to purchase a custom made bass trombone.  

Barbara Porwit $3,300.00
Visual Arts - Painting
Funding for training with Joe Paquet at the Art Academy in St. Paul, to improve technical and foundational painting skills.

Brian Tighe $5,000.00
Music - Popular
Funding to update and improve a home studio to enable the artist to mix his songs.

Clare O'Neill $5,000.00
Photography
Funding to purchase a large format printer and make studio modifications necessary to produce large scale work.

Emily Jarrett Hughes $5,000.00
Folk - Traditional Dance
Funding to attend a 12-day dance and culture seminar on the Island of Lesvos, Greece.

Emrys Stramer $5,000.00
Design Arts - Fashion
Funding to gain access three specialized workshops, and to purchase the supplies and equipment needed to produce four new textiles.

Eric Avery $5,000.00
Theater - General
Funding to support the research and development of the artist's first major production in New York, NY.

Eric Carroll $5,000.00
Photography
Funding to purchase a Canon 5Ds with a 45mm tilt-shift lens.

Glenda Reed $3,850.00
Literature - Nonfiction
Funding to hire editor Esther Porter to do both an overall structural review and a thorough copy edit of a manuscript.

Hannah Flowers $5,000.00
Music - Ethnic/folk-inspired
Funding to study with experts in the field of the Gaelic harp at the Summer School of Early Irish Harp in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Jacqueline Ultan $5,000.00
Music - General
Funding for the cellist's first solo composition and recording project.

James Everest $5,000.00
Opera/Musical Theater
Funding for a private course in Ableton Live and MAX MSP software at Slam Academy, and to purchase a MacBook Pro laptop.

Jane Powers $5,000.00
Visual Arts - sculpture
Funding to purchase a ceramic kiln and materials needed to complete a studio for sculpture and ceramic ware.

Jeanne Calvit $5,000.00
Theater - General
Funding for travel to Thailand to produce and present a work of radically inclusive theater.

Jennifer Ilse $5,000.00
Dance - General
Funding to attend a three-week artist residency at Earthdance in Massachusettes.

Jim Sannerud $5,000.00
Crafts - Wood
Funding to purchase a planer, bandsaw, and sharpening system for use in making large-scale works.

Katherine Turczan $5,000.00
Photography
Funding to produce an artist edition book for the author's first published work.

Kathryne Fisher $5,000.00
Crafts - Clay
Funding to purchase and install an electric kiln for a newly-equipped home studio.

Kelley Meister $5,000.00
Media Arts - Technology/Experimental
Funding to attend a course on MAX/MSP/Jitter interactive software in order to finish a large-scale multimedia work.

Lia Rivamonte $5,000.00
Literature - Fiction
Funding to support research travel to the Philippines and editorial assistance for the revision of the author's first novel.

Marcus Young $5,000.00
Interdisciplinary
Funding for the design and build of a new website.

Margaret Pezalla-Granlund $5,000.00
Visual Arts - General
Funding for an installation to exhibited at the 2015 Minnesota Biennial at the Soap Factory.

Maud Hixson $5,000.00
Music - Jazz
Funding to digitize the singer's music library and to purchase four iPads and accessories for use during performances.

May Lee-Yang $5,000.00
Theater - General
Funding for the creation of a business plan and marketing materials.

Michael  Fell $5,000.00
Theater - General
Funding to receive training in The Actor's Theatre of Louisville's Apprentice Company.

Molly Van Avery $5,000.00
Literature - Poetry
Funding for the creation of a backyard Poetry Shop.

Naomi Cohn $5,000.00
Literature - General
Funding for coaching and other resources needed to branch out into short nonfiction prose.

PaNa Lor $5,000.00
Media Arts - Technology/Experimental
Funding to bring together a collaborative cohort of Hmong artists for the creation of a new animation.

Ricardo Levins Morales $5,000.00
Visual Arts - General
Funding to design and produce a 2017 wall calendar featuring the artist's work.

Richard Nelson $5,000.00
Visual Arts - Graphics
Funding to purchase a new Takach Table Top Etching press.

Sarah Knott $3,300.00
Opera/Musical Theater
Funding to study bel canto opera and Italian language in Italy.

Simone Speers $5,000.00
Music - New/Experimental/Electronic
Funding to purchase DJ equipment for performances and events.

Susana di Palma $5,000.00
Dance - Ethnic/Jazz/Folk-inspired
Funding to study flamenco singing (cante) at the Andres Marin Studio in Seville, Spain.

Tamara Ober $5,000.00
Multidisciplinary
Funding to create the artists first group choreography.

Ted Moore $5,000.00
Music - New/Experimental/Electronic
Funding to support the release of the composer's first professionally produced album.

Tobias Ramaswamy $5,000.00
Music - New/Experimental/Electronic
Funding to construct and then compose music for an electro-acoustic drum set.

Zacc Harris $5,000.00
Music - Jazz
Funding for the artist's first international tour to perform at jazz venues in England, Scotland, and Wales.