Our Contributors
Our 2025 Contributors
Thank you to the community-minded business owners and foundations who are generously supporting the 2025 on-ice program with cash and in-kind contributions! We are grateful for this essential support.
We’re actively seeking 2025 contributors! Contact Sydney Petersen if you are interested in supporting us! Email: sydney@artshantyprojects.org
ARTIST PARTNER $10,000+
WEEKEND DONOR $5000 - 9999
SHANTY DONOR $2500 - $4999
GLACIAL DONORS $1000 - 2499
ICEBERG DONORS $500-$999
ICEBLOCK DONORS $250-$499
In-Kind Lunch Support
These local restaurants, private chefs and caterers fuel the village by providing HOT food for artists, performers, staff, and volunteers on program days!
WEBSITE REDESIGN
Special Thanks
ALMA PROVISIONS
BIM BAM BOO
BREAD & PICKLE
JEREMY BUE
JASON BURANEN
CRANE THEATER
CURIOSITY STUDIO
EASTSIDE FOOD COOP
FRANCIS BURGER JOINT
ROBIN GARWOOD
ALLISON KENNEDY
KATHLEEN LAVELLE
CALI MASTNY
TERRY MCDANIEL’S HONEYBEES
MINNEAPOLIS PARK & RECREATION BOARD
MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS
NORTHERN LIGHTS.MN
OPEN EYE THEATRE
MATT REGAN
SAULA SCHLEGEL
SEWARD COOP
TRADER JOE’S
TRYLON THEATER
YARBOROUGH PRINT SHOP
For information on how to support our 2025 season, please contact Syd Petersen at sydney@artshantyprojects.org
Our 2025 Individual Contributors
We’re grateful for both our monthly sustaining members and for those who made one-time gift towards this upcoming shanty season! Thank you – your contribution support artists and will bring winter joy and community connection to tens of thousands of visitors!
They make public art happen – and YOU CAN TOO! Join our community of supporters! Donate today!
This list reflects gifts of $25 or more given during our 2025 fiscal year / program season which started July 1, 2024 (and ends June 30, 2025. It’s current as of January 26, 2025. We update it regularly!
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Philip Staffin Wiebe
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Molly Steenson
Jonathan Stegall
Sarah Stein
Kelsey Stern
Benjamin Stevens
Nora Stewart
Elizabeth Stopka
Zoe Streckfuss
Andrea Sutton
Celia Swanson
Greta Swanson
Angela Sylvester
Marguerita Tajibnapis
Kurt Taken-Holtze
Pondie Taylor
Teddy Bear Manor Charity Fund
Alysse Thibodeau
Lucy Thiboutot
Whitney Thielman
Kate Thomas
Dave Thompson
Marilyn Thompson
Samuel Thompson
Nick Tomlinson
Rich Thomsen
Joanne Torres
Julie Toth
Duane Tougas
Sarah Tschida
Elizabeth Tupper
Hannah Tuttle
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Michael Ulferts
Sam Utne
Jerry Vallery
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Alex Van Ert
Kelley Vanda
Jessica Vanderborght
Steven VanRoekel
Wendy VanRoekel
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Hayden Vickery
Kim Vickery
Emily Villano
Alicia Villarreal
Peter Vk
Emilie Voight
Jerri Wagner
Laura Walker
Leia Wambach
Caitlin Warner
Isaac Wasserman
James Weatherly
Moira Webster
Marlo Webster
Sonja M Weiler
Mikey Weitecamp
Karl Westerbeck
Andrew Welters
Madge Whaley
Angela Wilcox
Noah Wilkerson
Cassie Willrett
David Wilson
Kelly Wolf
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Lisa Zhang
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Sherry Zimmermann
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Many kind people dedicated their gifts to…
…all the artists and INCREDIBLE STAFF that make this surreal experience on a frozen lake a reality!
…Clara
…Linda Sorensen
…the stellar production dream team!
…Richard Parnell
…Danger Danger Hotrod
…Syd Petersen
…Prairie Fire Choir!
…To my love!!
…Tsizzle
…Tara “TSizzle” Henderson
…Tara Henderson
…Simon Wagner’s birthday
…The people of Palestine
…Public Art and JOY!
…Katie Edwards
…all the positivity pigeons, who may have saved my sanity this weekend!
…taking care of each other
Several sweet people gave a gift in honor of …
…Eva Adderley, ‘the artist who made the giant bird puppets’ a few years ago!
…Celia and Alice
…The Start from the Preschool of the Arts
Some friends gave a gift in memory of…
…Bob and Lois
…Mom and Dad, who loved and supported the arts and nature.
One friend gave a gift on behalf of…
…Rev Dominic Trix and the Ladies of the Lakes
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, SPIRIT, AND SUPPORT!
MAKE PUBLIC ART HAPPEN!
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
