Literary Interests | Southwest Minnesota Arts Council

23Mar

Bluenose Gopher Public House seeks your videos for virtual OPEN MIC!

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Bluenose Gopher is trying to keep their Open Mic alive, but virtual!!! 🎤If you have music, poetry, comedy, stories or anything you’d like to contribute to the virtual open mic e-mail it to Betsy at: bluenoseopenmic@gmail.com They will post a single video with all of the submissions on the Bluenose Page...

05Mar

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Marshall Area Fine Arts Council Seeks Ekphrastic Poem Entries

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Entry form for the Ekphrastic Poetry submissions posted below. Can also be found on their website: http://www.mafac.net/ Image #1: Image #2: Image #3: Here’s more details: What is Ekphrastic Writing? Ekphrastic writing, or writing about art, was created by the Greeks but popularized by the Romans. The...

07Feb

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Touring Artist Seeks Performance Spaces for Walt Whitman Show

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Highly acclaimed show, Leaves of Grass-Illuminated, is touring again within Southwest Minnesota. The performing artist Patrick Scully has a goal of performing in every county in MN and is still seeking performance spaces in Rock, Pipestone, Murray and Jackson county. Performances spaces can be flexible as artist says he has...

25Nov

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Opportunity for youth: Call for scripts, VSA Playwright Discovery Program

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VSA: The Kennedy Center is now accepting 2020 Playwright Discovery Applications Young writers with disabilities and collaborative groups that include students with disabilities, in the U.S. grades 6-12 (or equivalents) or ages 11-18 for non-U.S. students, are invited to explore the disability experience through the art of writing for performance—in...

15Nov

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Opportunities for MN Playwrights

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Playwrights’ Center fellowship programs: Click on the links for more information! –Jerome Fellowship – for early career writers. Deadline November 21. –Many Voices Fellowship – for early career writers of color and indigenous writers. Deadline December 5. –Many Voices Mentorship – for beginning Minnesota-based writers of color and indigenous writers. Deadline December 5....

15Oct

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Carrie Newcomer Writing Workshop happening in Dawson, MN

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Carrie Newcomer Writing Workshop Newcomer will be presenting a workshop in Dawson entitled “The Beautiful Not Yet: Living with Hope in Hard Times.” The workshop, on Sunday, November 17 from 1-4pm, is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is required. Date: Sunday, November 17, 2019, 1:00-4:00pm. Location: Memorial Auditorium Lobby, 601...

23Jul

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Opportunity for students to perform

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Do you like to sing, dance, or act? Would you like an opportunity to showcase your talents? Maybe you may have a solo act or want to get together with your friends to perform together. The Lac qui Parle Players invite all students in grade 5 and above to participate...

17Jul

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Call for Minnesota authors, poets, playwrights, spoken word artists, storytellers, publishers, artists, illustrators, and booksellers

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The Southern Minnesota Book Festival is now open for registration. The festival is committed to creating a culture of reading in out-state Minnesota and bringing people together over the arts and literature. We feature local, regional, and emergent authors, spoken word artists, storytellers, publishers, and artists. This year’s one-day event will be...

29May

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2019 Annual SMAC Artist Gathering

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2019 SMAC Artist Gathering SMAC recipient artists on featured image, from left to right: David KelseyBassett, Lois Haak, Cole Behrends, and Tammy Grubbs. 2019 SMAC Artist Gathering Join fellow artists for an evening of learning & networking! TUESDAY, June 18 5:00 – 8:00 pm Granite Falls: 3 locations Join artists from...

02May

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Call for Artists: Rural Arts Reveal

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MerryWeather Farm’s 1st Annual Rural Arts Reveal Call for Artists Painters, sculptors, weavers, photographers, singers, musicians, poets, writers, even MIMES! Potters, Mongers, Smiths, ALL ARE WELCOME! Optional set up Saturday, August 24th, 2019, Event on Sunday, August 25, 2-6 pm/Potluck at 3 pm. Contact Sunny: sunnyruthchild@gmail.com The Reveal will be...

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