Minnesota's Legacy

Great River Greening delivers land restoration and sustainable management across 25 of Minnesota’s counties and has developed conservation projects in almost 30 more counties. Executive Director Kateri Routh describes one method the organization uses.

Along the Rum River in Anoka, a brick building decorated with art stands. It houses the Rumriver Art Center, which provides creative workshops, gallery spaces, studio spaces, community events and more. 

Joe Osowski, Choir Director of STMA Music Boosters highlights Voces8, a vocal group from London who played a significant role in last year's programming by bringing educational and performances for students in the St. Micheal School District.

Overlooking the Grand Marais Harbor in Northern Minnesota is a school for all students of life. North House Folk School Program Director Jessa Frost describes their work of reconnecting people with traditional crafts in cooperative group settings.

In 1989, a five-acre farm field in Sandstone became a botanical sculpture garden based on Ojibwe history. We talk with Minnesota Moose Garden co-founder and multi-media artist Susan Swerda Foss about the vision behind the space.

Molly Rivera, Director of Hutchinson Center of the Arts celebrates the art center's educational programming funded by the Legacy fund and highlights Layl McDill polymer clay workshop hosted at the center.

The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County's Iraqi Immigrants Oral History project focused on sharing immigration stories from those in the region. The funding allowed them to hire Kurdish and Iraqi immigrant community members to lead the project. 

Ruth Anne Pszwaro, Artistic Director of Grand Marais Art Colony explains the rich history of the colony and shares a biannual event that gathers readers, writers and publishers in the winter season.

Ruth Anne Pszwaro, Artistic Director of Grand Marais Art Colony explains the rich history of the colony and shares a biannual event that gathers readers, writers and publishers in the winter season.