2024 Cultural STAR Awards

At their November 6 meeting, the Saint Paul City Council awarded $1,108,775 in Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) grants to support 68 arts and cultural projects. These grants will support programming, capital improvements, and organizational development activities for 67 local non-profit arts and cultural organizations. These programs and activities will take place from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025.

In addition to awarding competitive grants to nonprofits, the Cultural STAR program also supports the Saint Paul Public Libraries with an annual budget allocation. In 2024, the Cultural STAR program budget included $175,000 in funding for library materials.

American Association of Woodturners         

Woodturner International Symposium         

Award Amount: $24,000.00


American Craft Council          

American Craft Fest St. Paul               

Award Amount: $13,000.00


Ananya Dance Theatre            

ANTARANGA: BETWEEN YOU AND ME         

Award Amount: $17,000.00


Asian Economic Development Association              

2025 Little Mekong Night Market      

Award Amount: $17,000.00


Bach Society of Minnesota   

Outside the Box           

Award Amount: $18,500.00


Ballet Co. Laboratory 

Ballet Tuesday at the Landmark Center       

Award Amount: $15,000.00


Border CrosSing          

Golijov's Oceana with Border CrosSing        

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Brownbody      

CapaCITY GRANT       

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Cantus              

Cantus and The Swingles: In Concert           

Award Amount: $6,500.00


Center for Broadcast Journalism      

7th Street LIVE Arts Festival 

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Circus of the Star        

Rigger Communication System         

Award Amount: $14,000.00


CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio)             

Fiesta Latina 2024      

Award Amount: $14,000.00


ComMUSICation         

Growing ComMUSICation's individual giving program       

Award Amount: $14,000.00


East Side Arts Council             

SOLIDARITY STREET GALLERY 2024              

Award Amount: $6,000.00


Elpis Enterprises         

Photo/Video Visual Arts: Voices of Young People Experiencing Unstable Housing               

Award Amount: $5,000.00


ArtStart              

Rhythms of the City: Art Inspired by Music 

Award Amount: $15,775.00


Film Score Fest (Fiscal Sponsor: FilmNorth)            

Film Score Fest 2024-25        

Award Amount: $24,000.00


FLYING FOOT FORUM             

“DANDELIONS” – A world premiere dance/theatre production    

Award Amount: $9,750.00


Full Circle Theater Company              

Full Circle’s Production of THE ADVENTURES OF A TRAVELING MESKWAKI presented at Park Square Theatre    

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Funny Asian Women Kollective (Fiscal Sponsor: Springboard for the Arts)          

The FAWK SUPER SHOW       

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Great River Passage Conservancy   

Music on the River Series      

Award Amount: $18,500.00


History Theatre, Inc    

Secret Warriors by Rick Shiomi         

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Illusion Theater and School, Inc.      

Illusion Theater in St. Paul: "PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG GAY MAN"               

Award Amount: $12,000.00


India Association of Minnesota         

IAM India Fest 2024   

Award Amount: $17,000.00


Indian Music Society of Minnesota (IMSOM)            

IMSOM presents Masters of Percussion led by Zakir Hussain       

Award Amount: $13,000.00


Irish Fair of Minnesota             

Irish Fair of Minnesota             

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Katha Dance Theatre 

World Premiere of "PRAKRITIR PRATISODH – Nature’s Revenge" in downtown St. Paul      

Award Amount: $16,500.00


Lower Phalen Creek Project (dba Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi)          

Wakan Tipi Center Finance, Facilities, and Operation planning   

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Maia Maiden Productions (FS: Springboard for the Arts)   

ROOTED: Hip Hop Choreographers' Evening           

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Midwest Special Services, Inc.          

World Music Series at MSS   

Award Amount: $5,000.00


Minnesota Children's Museum          

Community Day of Play          

Award Amount: $6,500.00


MINNESOTA HARD BOP COLLECTIVE          

The MN Hard Bop Collective Student Weekly "Sit In Series" at MetroNOME        

Award Amount: $19,500.00


Minnesota Landmarks, Inc   

Mosaic Festival at Landmark Center             

Award Amount: $14,000.00


Minnesota Opera        

THE SNOWY DAY - MINNESOTA OPERA       

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Minnesota Public Radio         

2025 Minnesota Music Month Showcase, presented by The Current       

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Minnesota Vietnamese Language School   

Lunar New Year (Tet) Celebration     

Award Amount: $10,000.00


Music Mission              

Lakeside Guitar Festival 2024            

Award Amount: $5,000.00


Opera Reading Project            

Igniting New Audiences: Opera Fusion to Opera Readings             

Award Amount: $13,000.00


Opera Reading Project            

Opera Storytellers      

Award Amount: $6,000.00


Pan Asian Arts Alliance           

Fortune Tales: MN Asian Music Festival       

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Park Square Theatre  

The Production of a Family Holiday Play "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson and student matinees and school residencies             

Award Amount: $24,000.00


People Incorporated  

Artability           

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute        

Rondo: History & Values Anthology 

Award Amount: $6,500.00


PRIME Productions    

PRIME Voices; The Playwright Series. Staged readings of new plays by mature female identifying playwrights.          

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Rhythmically Speaking           

Rhythmically Speaking presents Live Dance and Musical Performance of Jazz Standards        

Award Amount: $8,000.00


Rice Park Association              

Summer Nights in Rice 2025              

Award Amount: $6,500.00


Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra          

SPCO Collaboration with Abel Selaocoe    

Award Amount: $22,500.00


Scotty Reynolds, DBA Mixed Precipitation (FS: Springboard for the Arts)              

Pickup Truck Opera Presents Faust 

Award Amount: $6,000.00


SEWA-AIFW    

Breaking Boundaries: South Asian Feminist Narratives     

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Six Points Theater       

The Messenger             

Award Amount: $5,000.00


Skylark Opera

A Cultural Celebration of Opera        

Award Amount: $6,500.00


Sod House Theater    

The Mother      

Award Amount: $6,000.00


Springboard for the Arts         

Springboard on Ice: Artist-Led Creative Programming in St. Paul’s Frogtown/Rondo communities          

Award Amount: $14,000.00


Teatro del Pueblo        

Nuestras Voces            

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Ten Thousand Things

Free Performance Series in St. Paul               

Award Amount: $24,000.00


The Saint Paul Festival Association 

Partnership to Revive the Festival of Nations           

Award Amount: $20,000.00


The Schubert Club     

A Window Into the Past Multi-Media Installation Project for the Schubert Club Museum           

Award Amount: $6,500.00


TU Dance         

TU Dance’s 20th Anniversary Dance Concert at The O’Shaughnessy       

Award Amount: $17,000.00


Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus            

Leading Ladies of Broadway at the Ordway              

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Twin Cities Metro IBA               

Lowertown Sounds Cultural STAR Grant Application          

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Twin Cities PBS            

St. Paul Sound: TPT’s Audio Board Replacement   

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Twin Cities Pride          

You Belong Fall Fest   

Award Amount: $18,000.00


Victoria Theater Arts Center 

SPEAK OUT AND LEAD Youth Arts Festival 

Award Amount: $9,750.00


VocalEssence               

VOZ EN PUNTO Residency    

Award Amount: $13,000.00


Walker West Music Academy             

Supporting the Rondo Community Music Series   

Award Amount: $17,000.00


Wonderlust Productions        

Hidden Stories of St. Paul Season 2               

Award Amount: $24,000.00


Young Dance, Inc.       

Community Partnership Manager    

Award Amount: $5,000.00


Young Dance, Inc.       

Dancing Bodies, Young Dance All Abilities Dancing Performance             

Award Amount: $24,000.00


City of St. Paul - Library Dept.            

Saint Paul Public Library Collections Materials      

Award Amount: $325,000.00