The Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage tax yielded $323,154 last year. City Council approved all of the MACH board’s recommendations.
Tier 1 recommendations
City projects receive 55 percent of total
Hiawatha Gardens: 23 percent ($75,000) aligns with budget request to complete design and engineering work
Carnegie Library building 32 percent ($102,735)
Nonprofits receive 45 percent of total
Manitou Art Center: 15 percent ($48,473)
Miramont Castle: 15 percent ($48,473)
Manitou Springs Heritage Center: 15 percent ($48,473)
Tier 2 recommendations
Blue Hands Festival: Melanie Audet, $5,000
Window into Wildlife: Brenda Biondo, $3,796
Moonlight Market: Katie Orr, $5,250
Memorial for Iggy Igloo: Conor Bourgal, $2,250
Manitou Springs EPIC: Lawrence G. Jones, $2,500
Art on the Avenue: Becca Sickbert, $22,825
Manitou Community Orchard and Classroom: Ruth Markwardt, $13,700
Writing for Resiliency/Poetry and Pottery: Molly Wingate, $8,300
Poetry Heals with Nature: Molly Wingate, $1,405
Indigenous People’s Day Celebration: John Graham, $4,200
FAB LAB: Steve Wood, $3,000
Lantern Parade: Steve Wood, $4,200
Children of Gaia: Sophie Thunberg, $5,000
Manitou Made: Becca Sickbert, $4,250
Imagine Art Summer Camp: Gretchen Vorderlandwehr, $2,970
Clay Fest: Mark Wong, $2,570
Commonwheel Labor Day Festival entertainment: Julia Wright/Helen Smithwick, $3,000
Early American Folk Art: Mary Madison, $1,685
Project Eco: Elizabeth Lawrence, $8,100
Art in Action: Ashley Cornelius, $5,000
Pollinator Week Festival: Melody Daugherty, $12,003
Turtle Crossing, Phase 2: Adriana Rincon, $9,975
Manitou Live II: Steven Miller, $6,000
Recover the Fun: Rachel Fowler, $4,800
Bathhouse Historical Information Exhibit: Danny Austin Doten: $3,000
Winter Solstice Celebration: Gustav Moen, $2,000
Rockey Art Museum: David Ball, $5,000
Mini-grant recommendations
The MACH board received 15 applications requesting $9,660 and recommended eight awards totaling $5,205.
Bee Playful: Jessica Moen of the BeeHive, $750
Dear Summer Fest: Chelesa Drew, $750
Front Porch Singers: Ann Rodgers, $750
Manitou Meditation and Movement: Kara Stutzman, $750
Mindfulness through Finger Painting: Rebecca Allen, $250
Plastic Free Manitou refill project: Annie Schmitt, $705
Sculpture and Stretching: Leigh Slimp-Virgo, $750
SPA (Seniors Partnering with Artists): Nicole O’Rorke, $500