Wildflowers of Shooting Star Scenic Byway by Prairie Visions (LeRoy, MN) created a brochure featuring more than 60 wildflowers found along the Shooting Star bike trail. Accompanying the launch of the brochure, an introduction was given to 5th & 6th grade students for the LeRoy-Ostrander Public School along with a fieldtrip to view some of the flowers.

World Film Series @ Your Library is ongoing and had not reached completion by either the end of the fiscal year or the due date of this report. It is a multi-cultural film series consisting of five film showings a month over a period of ten months at the Owatonna Public Library (Owatonna, MN) and their branch library in Blooming Prairie.

"Mike the Baker” by Mike Mann – Celebration for the Week of the Young Child & Child Abuse Prevention Month was organized by the Dodge County Licensed Child Care Association (Dodge Center, MN) to have Mike Mann as Mike the Baker put on a presentation about early literacy.

A Touch of Magic, a performance group out of St. Paul, was selected as a Vetted performer and offers four educational programs for patrons of all ages. The programs are:

The Rose Ensemble, an internationally recognized ensemble from St. Paul, Minnesota, was selected as a Vetted performer and offers three educational programs for library audiences of all ages. The programs are:

Each Great River Regional Library branch offered at least one art or writing workshop with a focus on either visual or performing arts or the art of the written word. Partners provided education on a variety of art and writing topics.

East Central Regional Library sponsored a bus trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) exhibition “Art in Bloom”. The Art in Bloom exhibit entailed floral artists displaying flower art that was inspired by an original artwork displayed in the Museum. Two bus loads were taken to the Institute picking up community members on the west side and east side of the region respectively.

Art in Your Park is a creative arts program for children ages 3-13, which takes place in either the parks or libraries in Perham and New York Mills during the months of June, July and August.