August 6, 2025 (Bemidji, MN) – The Bemidji Area Arts Endowment (BAAE), a fund in the family of funds at Northwest Minnesota Foundation, is announcing $32,130 in grants to support the arts in Bemidji and surrounding communities.
Grant awards include:
- Mask and Rose Theater – Sister Song Scholarship Concert
- Mask and Rose Theater – Art is Fashion and Fashion is Art
- Lead for Inclusion – Inclusive Community Art Series
- Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Inc. – Western Africa Drumming Artists
- Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Inc. – Flash Mob at Paul and Babe
- Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Inc. – In Studio Completion of Art and Pottery Projects, provided through Frederick Marshall Fund
- Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Inc. – Music and Art Scholarships, provided by John Rabel Memorial Music Fund
- Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Inc. – Teachers Association Conference – provided by North Star Arts Fund
- Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Inc. – Orchestral String Studies – provided by Everett Wilimek Endowment
- Clearwaters Life Center – Youth Art Classes
- Clearwaters Life Center – Youth Theater Program
- Bagley Area Arts Collaborative – Art Enrichment at 2 Cornerstone
- Bemidji Community Theater – Anne of Green Gables
- Bemidji Community Theater –Sword and Stone
- Bemidji Symphony Orchestra – Path to Dignity
- Bemidji Sculpture Walk – Cultivating Future Bemidji Sculpture Walk Artists
- Watermark Art Center – Poetry Slam
- Watermark Art Center – Creative Festival Art Zone
- Watermark Art Center – It’s Only Clay
- Watermark Art Center – Story Slam Series
- Watermark Art Center – New Voices/ Spoken Word Workshop
- Watermark Art Center – Indoor Family Art Making Activity
BAAE supports a wide variety of arts and music education, art projects and events, and literary, stage and concert performances in the greater Bemidji area.
BAAE Advisory Board members are: Bev Erickson, chair; Sue Snider, treasurer; and Tricia Andrews, Tom Barry, Lisa Bruns, Ron Erickson, Virginia Holy, Ilene Johanneson, Lisa Jonas, Michael Johnnides, Marsh Muirhead, and Barb Schrag.
To support the BAAE, visit https://secure.qgiv.com/for/nwmfoundation/restriction/Bemidji+Area+Arts+Endowment+Fund
To learn more about the BAAE, contact Terri Darco, Philanthropy Officer at Northwest Minnesota Foundation by emailing terrid@nwmf.org
