Date of Broadcast: Tuesday, January 15, 2018

Guest: Singer and songwriter Dariann Wikstrom

Topic: Dariann received a grant from the NWMAC for in-ear monitors and a transmitter for her on stage performances. She released a Christmas song and video in December of 2018, and her first single recording will be released to the public in January.

Guest: Mara Hanel, Executive Director of the NWMAC
Topic: Upcoming NWMAC grant application deadlines, the “We Are
Water” exhibit and reception at the University 0f Minnesota – Crookston
campus, workshops and theater tech training and the NWMAC Needs
Assessment/Biennial Planning process – looking for public input.

Guest: Patty Mickelson – Music Director at Red Lake County Central
School of Plummer, MN.
Topic: Details on the grant application process and the funding of a
band-sound shell for the Red Lake County School Music Department by
the NWMAC.

Ron West chats with Sarah Meisenge, Artist and Entrepreneur from Roseau, MN.  She established the “Little Swedish Shoppe” in Roseau to help promote Scandinavian-based art.

She talks about her “community” business and the assistance that she has received from the NWMAC to help promote the arts and culture within the region.

Connie Hannesson  received a quick turnaround grant from the NWMAC for a 1850s costume, for a re-enactment of Sarah Sibley. In 2018 she has given presentations at seven Minnesota schools, an assisted living facility, and the Crookston (MN) Public Library. She is also scheduled to do two additional appearances before the end of the year.