The Brookings Public Arts Commission, in partnership with the City of Brookings, SD, seeks an artist to design, fabricate and install 2D artwork in a public area of the shared use City/County building. The selected artist will be asked to create a permanent artwork that honors the history, cultures, and...
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Category Archives: Press Releases
BIPOC & Native Artists 20/20 Artist Fellowship
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The 20/20 Artist Fellowship is an award given yearly to Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and Native artists working to create tools, pathways and systems of support for other artists in their communities. Launched in 2018, the 20/20 Artist Fellowship offers capital resources and professional development support to BIPOC...
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Health Insurance for Minnesota Artists
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Health insurance can be complicated to get, but there are lots of options out there to help. Here’s a new resource, A Sweet Guide to Health Insurance for Minnesota Artists, to help you answer questions and get covered! https://springboardforthearts.org/health-wellness/get-health-insurance/find-a-helper/ Health Insurance Open Enrollment Time- Get Your Questions Answered! For many artists,...
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Call for Art: Hutchinson Sculpture Stroll
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The 2020 Sculpture Stroll Call for Art is now OPEN! Exhibited Artists receive a $1,000 honorarium. People’s Choice Award winner receives a $500 prize 2020 Call For Art Submission Guidelines The Hutchinson Public Arts Commission created the Sculpture Stroll in 2013 as a way to showcase work from regional artists and...
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Hutchinson Center for the Arts Seeks arts from SMAC region
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Hutchinson Center for the Arts Gallery 3rd Annual Community Showcase Calling ALL area artists, makers, crafters, and creatives! Do you knit, paint, build birdhouses, quilt, weld, draw, bead, cartoon, sew, sculpt, build, write, sing, tell jokes? This exhibit is open to those 16 and older working creatively in all/any mediums...
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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...
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Call for Artists, Crafters, and Musicians
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Bluenose Gopher House is planning a love local event to coincide with small business Saturday on November 30th. As part of this event, they would like to offer free vendor space for local artists and crafters to sell handmade items from 1-5 pm. You must have someone present to staff...
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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....
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The McKnight Foundation is Hiring
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Interested in joining the McKnight Foundation team, or know someone who might be a good fit? The McKnight Foundation is seeking an experienced communications manager to help leverage the power of strategic communications to advance the mission of the Foundation and program goals. As a sophisticated navigator of the digital...
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Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest for grades 9-12
Posted by SMACThe SMSU Forensics Team is partnering with the regional branch of Poetry Out Loud, a national organization, to help bring the opportunity for performance to this area. Please feel free to distribute the above poster and information here with others who would be interested, especially with 9-12 graders! The competition...
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