Arts Links

Northwest Minnesota Arts Council

About the Council . Grants . Opportunities . Deadline/Calendar . Art Exhibit. Links . Press/Publications

Sections of this Arts Links Page

Arts Organizations from Our Region
Other Regional Arts Councils
Minnesota Arts Links
National Arts Links

We are looking for artists or arts organizations in our Northwest Minnesota area to submit their site information for this section of our web page. Please e-mail Mara Wittman, Arts Council Director at mara@nwrdc.org if you would like your site to be listed.

"The Northwest Regional Arts Council and the Northwest Regional Development Commission has the right to deny any requests. All links are periodically reviewed."

Arts Organizations From Our Region

Roseau Area Arts Association www.roseauarts.com
Chester Fritz Auditorium, Grand Forks www.cfa.und.edu

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 & Humanities 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)

Management Assistance for Nonprofits

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

Minnesota Council on Foundations - select "What's New" then "Calendar"

EDUCATION RELATED

MN Center for Arts Education
and the Arts High School in Golden Valley, MN

Minnesota State Arts Board - registry of artists available for residencies, grant program for schools

COMPAS - registry of artists available for residencies

ArtsNet Minnesota
educational materials for teachers and students

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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 Wittman, 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

Ballet Minnesota

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