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2025 Art Grant Recipients

2025 ART GRANT RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the 2025 Art Grant Awardees and the build teams listed below.

Light Way of Delight by Catherine Adam of Illinois: $395

Portals of the Eternal Grove by Adam Molski “Doc Womp” of Illinois: $1,566

Fairy Portal Doors by Jamie Adams of Illinois: $191

Kyklos by Margaret Dancy “Bobo” of Illinois: $7,900

Swingways in Time by Joris Prikken of Illinois: $404

Leather and Limericks by Michael Hartnett “Limerick” of Illinois: $400

Wormhole by Amy Joiner of Illinois: $1,678

Equity Concourse by Eventually of Illinois: $715

Don’t be TARDY to the Party by Shelly Howell of Illinois: $400

Rex by Megan Selvig “Sharkie” of Illinois: $450

Galaxy Pools by Galaxy Pools of Illinois: $373

Lakes in Time by Stephanie Ceperov of Maryland: $35

Parade Puppet by Matthew Arnold of Michigan: $94

Burn Brite by Sasha Singh of Michigan: $500

Heart Symphony by Summer Bee of Michigan: $900

The Cozy Crochet Dome Project 2025 by Breana Dufresne “Anajane” of Michigan: $219

What Time is It? by Ben Roark of Michigan: $1,035

Effigy Kiln by Christa Harlow of Michigan: $480

Letters to Alyson by Epiphany and Company “Epiphany” of Michigan: $1,250

Steps Through the Sands of Time by Chandra Kamminga of Michigan: $700

The Lame Show Network by Zesty and the Cheese Heads of Michigan: $395

Pixel Prism by The Pixel Prism Players of Michigan: $792

Space Invasion Mobility Trailer by Hero of Michigan: $926

Doors of Truth by Safe Zone Babies of Michigan: $281

They Glow! by Kerwin Warneke of Michigan: $1,399

T.A.R.D.I.S by the Lake Escape Room by Alex Drummer “Scottishninja” of Michigan: $1,382

The Labyrinth of Chaos and Becoming by Tera Wozniak Stortz “Skweek” of Michigan: $500

Pillars of Eutheria by Damp Doodles of Michigan: $300

The Mermaid of Jawscream by Matthew Brodie of Michigan: $200

Knows-It-All by David Sifferd III of Michigan: $1,000

Beyond the Threshold: Creature Chronicles by Caitlin Wohlgamuth of Michigan: $600

Stripper Terrarium by Kell Pit of Michigan: $527

Torches of the Soul by Richard McGarry “Capt Ryan” of Michigan: $2,500

The Riff Raft by James Walsh of Minnesota: $5,473

The Swing by Elizabeth Rolfe of Missouri: $1,600

Mondo Trasho Presents: Be Divine by Rebecca Rakstad “Rebar” of Nebraska: $234

The Dorothy Project by Alice Teller of New York: $2,472

B&E – Where’s The Whimsy by Scarlett Hayes “Shiny” of Ohio: $390

Slow Dance by Matt Riley of Ontario: $157

Fire and Rain by Riley Strickland of Ontario: $756

Windoors Vista by Victoria Primeau “Raspberry” of Ontario: $1,810

Adorable Door of Doors by Bridgette Levy “Jet Everywhere” of Wisconsin: $463

Tiny Thresholds Through Time by Katheryn Lund of Wisconsin: $461

D!ck Biting Fish by Kaying Vang of Wisconsin: $150

Not-So-Secret-Door by Robert Lawer “Scuba” of Wisconsin: $400

Some interesting art grant application facts:

  • All of the states or provinces touching a Great Lake had an applicant submit an art grant.  
  • Out of the applications received, the following is the breakdown by state: 
    • Michigan 46.66%
    • Illinois 24.44%
    • Wisconsin 8.88%
    • Canada 6.66%
    • Ohio 2.22%
    • Minnesota 2.22%
    • New York 2.22%
    • Maryland 2.22%
    • Missouri 2.22%
    • Nebraska 2.22%

 

*A handful of projects submitted to the art grant team were existing works of art and did not qualify for grant funding.  (Our team funds the creation of NEW work for the event.)  Those projects were forwarded to ArtHub’s other funding pool, Honorarium, for consideration, which specifically considers pre-existing work.