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Northwest Minnesota
Directory of Artists and Arts Organizations 

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Be Listed!

In order to be listed in our on-line and printed directory you need to complete and return an ARTIST REGISTRY form below.  To qualify you need to be an artist who resides permanently in our service area; or an arts organization from our service area.  Our service area is the Minnesota counties of Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau.

This ARTIST REGISTRY is a service of the Arts Council of the Northwest Regional Development Commission (NWRDC) and is intended to help link artists with each other and with professional opportunities. The information you provide will be listed in our printed directory and on this web site at www.nwrdc.org/artsdirectory.htm. It will not be used for any other purpose. In order to be listed with the ARTIST REGISTRY, complete this questionnaire and return it to the NWRDC. If possible please type in your answers than print this form to your computer printer than send to our office.  We do not have the capability to receive the form over the Internet. 

Participation in the registry and directory is free and non juried (open).  The Arts Council will determine whether individuals and organizations living outside of our service area will be listed on a case by case basis.  Remember, our service area is the Minnesota counties of Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau.

If you work in multiple disciplines, complete a new form for each discipline. Discipline categories include music; theater; dance; media arts; visual arts; design arts; literary arts; multi-disciplinary; and other.

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAME      (Organization or Individual)
ADDRESS  
CITY        STATE ZIP
COUNTY 
PHONE # FOR INQUIRIES (optional)
E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional)
WEB SITE ADDRESS (optional)
CONTACT PERSON (if organization)

ART INFORMATION

Check One Main Discipline Box Only Per Form:
Dance     Music     Theater     Media Arts     Visual Arts     Design Arts    Literary Arts     Multi-disciplinary     Other

Check any sub category boxes that you are currently working in (make sure they only relate to the Main Discipline Box checked above):
DANCE
ballet    modern    tap  jazz    ethnic/folk inspired
Specialization:  choreographer    dancer
MUSIC
instrumental    vocal
band    chamber    orchestral    choral    opera    new-experimental, electronic    jazz    popular    ethnic/folk-inspired
Specialization:  composer    conductor    solo/recital    theater pit band     accompanist    group performance
Instrument Specialization:  brass    woodwind    fretted    string    percussionist    keyboard    other

THEATER
musical theater    youth theater    opera    dinner theater    drama/comedy    mime    puppetry    ethnic/folk-inspired
Specialization:  actor    artistic director    technical director    stage manager    musical director    accompanist   set/property    costume    lighting    sound    makeup    
MEDIA ARTS
film    audio    video    photography    computer art   
Specialization:  black and white photography    color photography    digital photography    public art projects      
VISUAL ARTS
drawing    painting    sculpture    fine crafts  mixed media/other 
pencil/graphite/charcoal    soft pastel    oil pastel    marker/ink    oil painting    acrylic painting    watercolor painting    printmaking/lithographs     clay (includes ceramics)    fiber (includes basketry)    glass    leather    metal   paper    plastic    wood    stone/brick    ethnic/folk-inspired
Specialization: pottery    weaving/spinning/dyeing  basketry    quilting/appliqué/embroidery    mosaic    enamellist    stain glass    blown glass   furniture    jewelry    cartooning    book arts    installation    public art projects     curator    exhibit designer    conservator/restorer    art historian      
DESIGN ARTS
architecture    fashion    graphics/advertising    interior    landscape architecture
Specialization:  brickwork/mason    sewing    ponds/waterfall/fountain    environmental    public art projects    ethnic/folk-inspired
LITERARY ARTS
fiction    non-fiction    playwriting/scriptwriting    poetry/prose  storyteller
Specialization:  humor/comedy    journalism    historical    suspense/drama    biography    ethnic/folk-inspired
OTHER
PERFORMING and LITERARY ARTISTS:  other   
VISUAL, DESIGN, and MEDIA ARTISTS: other
HUMANITIES:  Limited with some arts activity: 
ARTS CONSUMER:  Not producing art but serve as a patron or promoter.

INDIVIDUALS:  Services you could provide in relation to your art discipline:
Teach an artist residency activity in a school
Teach a workshop
Demonstrate or lecture
Exhibit at art fairs
Present performances
Serve as a juror for arts competitions
Serve as a consultant

ORGANIZATIONS:  Services your group provides in relation to your art discipline:
Touring activity available for schools
Teach, demonstrate or lecture on specialty
Exhibit or host a booth at fairs
Host own art fair
Present performances
Sponsor performances
Sponsor workshops
Serve as a consultant

Services you would like to receive in your art discipline:
Attend workshops or demonstrations.  List type: 
Help in marketing and promoting my art services to local schools and communities
Help in marketing and promoting my art to arts consumers
Help in marketing and promoting my art on the Internet
Assistance and tips with work sample creation
Receive information on grant opportunities for individual artists
Receive information on grant opportunities for organizations and schools
Other

60 WORD DESCRIPTION: Make sure you complete.  This is your chance to promote yourself or your group in your own words!

PRINT AND RETURN THIS FORM TO:

Northwest Regional Arts Council
115 South main, Suite 1
Warren, MN 56762

If you would like to include one photograph of your group or artwork, we can include it on our web site directory.  This photograph will not be returned to you.  It will be filed as a future reference when we have inquiries.

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