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    Two Minnesota arts agencies win stimulus money

    By Casey Selix | Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 12:02 pm

    Federal stimulus dollars are starting to flow to state and regional arts agencies. The National Endowment for the Arts today announced that the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Minneapolis-based Arts Midwest are among the recipients of $19.8 million in one-time grants.

    Arts Midwest, a regional arts agency, will receive $514,400. The Minnesota State Arts Board will get $316,200.

    Earlier this year, the NEA received $50 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "The NEA’s state and regional partners will invest their Recovery funds in projects that assist arts organizations in retaining critical staff as well as artists and other contractual personnel," according to the press release.

    Here is a complete list of recipients.

    In July, the NEA will announce another round of one-time direct grants to nonprofit arts groups. "These grants will support the nonprofit arts sector, which has seen declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn," the NEA said.

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