Advocacy and Board Development coming to Marshall ! The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits is pleased to bring two wonderful learning opportunities to Southwest Minnesota in the coming weeks. You can learn more about each of these information-packed trainings below, including multi-registrant discounts. We hope you can join in! Advocacy 101...
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Category Archives: Arts Advocacy
SMAC’s Fiscal Year for 2018 Highlights!
Posted by SMACWhat have we been up to from July 2017 through the end of June 2018? Take a look by clicking here!...
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Job Openings at Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
Posted by SMACJob Openings at MCA: Applications Due Soon MCA is staffing up for the coming year. Rewarding challenges including: -keeping the arts in front of candidates during the election with candidate questionnaires, educational events, and other projects -preparing for the next appropriations session that will determine the next two years of...
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Applications Open for “Groundwork”
Posted by SMACAPPLICATION NOW OPEN FOR GROUNDWORK Do you want to build the skills needed to become a public art consultant? Apply for Groundwork, a four-day intensive offered by Forecast for IBPOC (Indigenous and/or Black, and/or Persons of Color) who are collaborative, innovative leaders interested in the arts, artists, and playing a role in making positive change in...
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June VSA Minnesota Newsletter
Posted by SMACVSA Minnesota, the state organization on arts and disability, provides monthly news updates for artists with disabilities and arts organizations. Click here to access the pdf of the June Newsletter More updates may be found at http://vsamn.org/news/, on their Accessible Arts Calendar at http://vsamn.org/community/calendar/, or elsewhere on the website....
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Star Tribune Focuses on Positive Effects of Arts Legacy Funding in MN
Posted by SMACCheck out the article in the Star Tribune about the positive effect of Legacy Arts funding in Minnesota, especially in our rural communities. Southwest Minnesota Arts Council’s Executive Director, Nicole DeBoer, is quoted! There is also a special focus on the way the arts have transformed New London and it’s...
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National Endowment for the Arts grant opportunities
Posted by SMACNational Endowment for the Arts grant opportunities open to organizations in our SW MN Arts region. The NEA would like to receive more applications and be able to make more grants from our congregational districts. There are two more deadlines in the NEA’s current fiscal year: ARTS WORKS These...
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Grant review panelists needed for 2018-2019
Posted by SMACGrant review panelists needed for 2018-2019 Are you interested in being a part of bringing about arts funding in our Southwest Minnesota communities? If so, we’d love for you to consider being a grant review panelist for SMAC. For grant programs in fiscal year 2019 (July 2018 – June 2019),...
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New study shows the arts have a large impact on Big Stone County!
Posted by SMACNew Creative Minnesota Report about Big Stone County Shows Big Impact from Arts and Culture SAINT PAUL, MN: Creative Minnesota, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, Big Stone Arts Council, and the Ortonville Economic Development Authority released a new study today indicating that the arts have a large impact on Big...
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Art Mobile in Worthington
Posted by SMACTo go directly to the article link, click here. WORTHINGTON — Next month, Worthington’s Artmobile will set forth on its journey to reach people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures in the world’s universal language. Although the benefits of art are well documented, most people get little to no experience...
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