News | Southwest Minnesota Arts Council

29Mar

MN Council of Nonprofits hosts Calls with the Governor’s Office

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The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, in conjunction with the office of Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, is pleased to host a series of four weekly Calls with Governor’s Office featuring updates for nonprofits on Minnesota’s response to COVID-19. The Governor’s office values the state’s nonprofit partners and would like...

29Mar

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Virtual Check-in from Americans for the Arts: COVID-19 Relief Package

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Virtual Check-in: COVID-19 Relief Package A message from Americans for the Arts: Dear Arts & Culture Colleagues, We’d like to invite you to a virtual check-in about how Americans for the Arts is working to provide support, research, and advocacy to the nonprofit arts sector—with a special focus on the...

27Mar

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Latest Minnesota Council of Nonprofits updates regarding COVID-19

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A message from Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN): In the past week, we have witnessed rapidly evolving responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including Minnesota’s Stay-at-Home order, movement on another federal stimulus bill (still in progress), new policy and funding responses from the Walz administration and Minnesota Legislature, new unemployment considerations for both employers and individuals,...

24Mar

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COMPAS introduces new virtual learning portal

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Introducing COMPAS Home Studio! COMPAS Home Studio is a new virtual learning portal, created to address the exceptional need for remote arts and educational activities during the COVID-19 crisis. COMPAS Home Studio will include creativity experiences designed by COMPAS Teaching Artists, a collection of resources for artists and Minnesotans, and other educational tools...

24Mar

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Rural Arts & Cultural Workers Connect Virtually: “Off the Clock”

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“Off the Clock” is a group for rural arts and cultural workers to digitally connect and collaborate with each other, share stories, and inspire action. They host a monthly digital Happy Hour on the second Tuesday of each month at 5:00pm CST. Everyone is welcome to join and event details...

23Mar

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Opportunity for discussion among rural arts and cultural workers

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Department of Transformation is doing a digital happy hour discussion tomorrow for rural arts and cultural workers to get together, offer support and share ideas and resources for how our communities are mitigating the effects of COVID-19 and creative ways we are caring for our rural communities during this time....

23Mar

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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...

18Mar

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