Arts Organizations From Our Region

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

• Thief River Falls Area Community Theater (Facebook) or their website here
• Warroad Summer Theatre
• Roseau Area Arts Association
• Riverwalk Artists
• Stephen Community Arts or Arts on Fifth 
• Crookston Community Theatre
• International Woodcarving and Arts Festival in Lake Bronson State Park (has not been taking place in recent years)
• Middle River Community Theatre
• Malung School Community Center

Blogs from our Area:

• Wannaskan Almanac
• En Liten Svensk (A Little Swedish) Shoppe
• Wannaska Writer
• The Bloggings of Chairman Joe
• Kim Hruba
• Eric Bergeson A Treasury of Old Souls

Local Arts Orgs in nearby North Dakota:

• Summer Arts Stages  or their Facebook page
• North Dakota Museum of Arts

Other Regional Arts Councils

• Region 1 – Northwest Regional Arts Council
  (Us — 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

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
• Creative Minnesota provides research about the arts to improve our understanding of its importance to our quality of life and economy

• 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.  They provide services to assist artists, publicly held art collections, historic collections, libraries and other humanities based collections.

EDUCATION RELATED

• Perpich Arts High School
  Arts High School in Golden Valley, MN
• COMPAS – Registry of Artists Available for Residencies
• 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 web site.

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
• American Craft 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
• Walker Art Center
• Minnesota Theater Alliance

NATIONAL ARTS LINKS

• Americans for the Arts
• American Composers Forum
• SpaceFinder Minnesota– a searchable database of cultural facilities and venues available for rent anywhere in the state of Minnesota.