Our Team

 

In the beginning there was Tom,

who had an idea and hired Sue

the founder, the original… the who’s who.

From the the trunk of her car

she recruited Ben , who volunteered

and joined Sue on the part-time crew.

From an abandoned mechanics

garage our influence grew

until one building became two.

Slowly, Monticello became

an arts city… who knew?

Erica was involved from the beginning

as a volunteer and later a part timer

later became Director after Sue…

Erica is amazing… lucky for us and you!

At first, Sadie was a college intern,

whose leaving would have left us blue..

BUT, we are more than these few...

We are a growing community coming alive

We get together, we create, we thrive.

 

Meet the Team

 
 
 
 

The MontiArts Story


MontiArts: Revitalizing a City with Creativity & Local Creatives

In 2018, the City of Monticello started an arts program (MontiArts) with the hopes of revitalizing its downtown through murals, events, sculptures, etc. Through the hard work of building community connections and grant writing, MontiArts has become a unique, artistic force in the region.

MontiArts Community & Supporters 

-Special Project Montiarts Artist/Volunteers & Creative Core:

Erica Witzmann / Darla Robeck / Hallie Leffingwell / Ali Yager / Jamie Randall

Sadie Nielsen / Roxanne Skie Hillard / Ken Becker / Kelly Lundquist / Stan Thorud

-High School Art Club Interns and Volunteers

-City of Monticello

-Monticello Community Center

-Monticello Parks Arts and Recreation Department

-Monticello EDA (Our Locations)

-Monticello Lions

-Monticello Chamber Of Commerce

-Lunieski & Associates LLC / Supermercado Loma Bonita

-Nordic Brewing

-Lucille Murray's Studio of Dance

-Pedego Electric Bikes Monticello

-Classique Jewelry

-Live, Laugh & Bloom Floral

-Clancy's Outdoors

-Fleet Farm

-Xcel Energy Day Of Service Volunteers

-Many of our projects are due to grants from the Central Minnesota Arts Board