Arts Organizations From Our Region

Here are a few organizations from our region that have their own website or Facebook pages:

• Thief River Falls Community Arts Council
• Warroad Summer Theatre
• Roseau Area Arts Association
• River Walk Artists Cooperative
• Stephen Arts Council
• Crookston Community Theatre
• International Woodcarving and Arts Festival in Lake Bronson State Park
• Middle River Community Theatre
• Malung School Community Center

Local Organizations on ND Arts:

• Summer Arts Stages

Other Regional Arts Councils

• Region 1 – Northwest Regional Arts Council
  (You are at our site now!) serving Minnesota counties of
  Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau.

• Region 2 Arts Council 
  serving North Central Minnesota counties of
  Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen.

• Region 3 – Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
  serving Northeast Minnesota counties of
  Aikin, Carlton, Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Itasca, and St. Louis

• Region 4 – Lake Region Arts Council
  serving West Central Minnesota counties of
  Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin.

• Region 5 – Five Wings Arts Council
  serving Central Minnesota counties of
  Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena.

• Regions 6 & 8 – Southwest Minnesota Arts Council
  serving Minnesota counties of
  Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parie, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Renville, Redwood, Pipestone, Rock, Swift, and Yellow Medicine.

• Region 7W – Central Minnesota Arts Board
  serving the counties surrounding St. Cloud including
  Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright.

• Region 7E – East Central Arts Council 
  serving the counties of
  Chisago, Isanti,  Kanabec, Pine, and Mille Lacs.

• Region 9 – Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council
  serving the South Central Minnesota counties of
  Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, La Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, and Watonwan.

• Region 10 – Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
  serving the counties of
  Dodge, Goodhue, Houston, Fillmore, Freeborn, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.

• Region 11 – Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
  serving the Mpls/St. Paul area counties of
  Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Minnesota Arts Links Out of Our Region

“These free listings are not necessarily supported or funded by the Northwest Regional Development Commission.  The NWRDC has the right to deny any requests.  All links are periodically reviewed.”

MAJOR ARTS FUNDING SOURCES

• Minnesota State Arts Board – grants for projects, artists, and general operating support
• The McKnight Foundation – grants for projects, artists, and general operating support.  Minnesota Artists Online directory
• Blandin Foundation – grants for projects
• Jerome Foundation – grants for artists

ARTS SERVICE AGENCIES

• Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
  arts advocacy group for all the arts in Minnesota
• Springboard for the Arts
  professional development workshops and services for artists and arts organizations (formerly Resources and Counseling for the Arts)
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• Minnesota Council on Foundations – select “Events” then “Calendar”
• Midwest Art Conservation Center – specializes in the preservation of art.  The services we provide assist artists, publicly held art collections, historic collections, libraries and other humanities based collections.

EDUCATION RELATED

• MN Center for Arts Education
  and the Arts High School in Golden Valley, MN
• COMPAS – Registry of Artists Available for Residencies
• ArtsNet Minnesota
  educational materials for teachers and students
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design
• Community for Accredited Online Schools (online degrees from major MN institutions )

ARTS AND ARTISTS LISTINGS

• Minnesota Artists Online http://www.mnartists.org
  A very user-friendly site for viewing artists’ work in an on-line directory.  This site is administered and sponsored by The McKnight Foundation.  Artists can follow easy steps to add their own listing to the site.  Local arts organizations are also welcome to participate in the site.  If you would like assistance with scanning photographs or slides; or general data entry contact Mara Hanel, Northwest Arts Council Director.  She can help you quickly get your information up on this wonderful web site.
• Minnesota WWW Arts and Entertainment
  check out this great listing of other listings
• Geezer.com – Green Thumb, Inc’s e-commerce web site to provide talented older workers with a way to market their crafts, products, and goods, and start their own businesses.
• Applauze Publications – Entertainment from A to Z.

DISCIPLINE RELATED OR SPECIALTY GROUPS

• Minnesota Association of Community Theaters
• Climb Theater
• Minnesota Film Board
• The Playwright’s Center
• The Loft – literary workshops and grants
• Minnesota Center for Book Arts
• Minnesota Crafts Council
• MN Weaver’s Guild – members who have a professional website for your weaving/spinning/surface design related business can have it listed here.
• FORECAST – public art projects
• Intermedia Arts – media arts grants and opportunities
• Walker Art Center
• VSA Minnesota – the state organization on arts and disability.
• Minnesota Theater Alliance

NATIONAL ARTS LINKS

• New York Foundation for the Arts: Artswire – NYFA site includes national information regarding artists and arts opportunities nationwide.
• Americans for the Arts
• American Composers Forum
• Arts4AllPeople – A web community for those committed to building participation in the arts – an initiative of the Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds
• The Crafts Report magazine’s Web site – tips on affordable health insurance, studio insurance, or small business services
• Minnesota Arts Market – a website that links artists and arts organizations who have reusable goods they no longer need to those who can use them.
• SpaceFinder Minnesota– a searchable database of cultural facilities and venues available for rent anywhere in the state of Minnesota.