A Whole Bunch of Links

Arts Organizations From Our Region

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 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

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.

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 )

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.