The Central Minnesota Arts Board at their April meeting awards $111,574 to 22 different Minnesota arts projects.

Seven of those arts projects are based here in St. Cloud and total $37,125 in grants.

The Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud and the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra both received funding from the C.M.A.B.

The St. Cloud Film Festival, Downtown St. Cloud Art Crawl Collaborative and the Paramount Theatre also have future project financing from the arts board.

St. Cloud State University and Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society are among the other organizations backed by the C.M.A.B. during their April meeting.