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COVID-19 Recovery Nonprofit Grants

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The Southwest Initiative Foundation is offering a round of capacity building grants to support the vitality of 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations directly serving our southwest Minnesota people and communities. These capacity building activities are intended to support the nonprofit’s ability to carry out its work as it navigates beyond COVID-19. Request...
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Creative Writing Fellowships from the NEA

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National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowships The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Applications are reviewed through an anonymous process...
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Fundraising & Marketing: A Two-Part Workshop

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Join the SW MN Arts Council and arts organizations across the region for a two-part workshop that will build exceptional board member and volunteer FUNDRAISING teams — and then teach those teams how to use the powerful tools of SOCIAL MEDIA to grow donor bases and engagement with larger and...
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Prairie Winds Concert Band

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Sunday November 20th at 2 pm. WEAC, 611 SW 5th St., Willmar, MN. A concert band performance with a variety of music – including pieces with driving, complicated rhythms, Dixieland, beautiful ballads, and a bright British-style march. Information at: www.prairiewindsconcertband.com, tpieh@tds.net, 320-211-0294 This activity is funded in part with a...
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SWWC’s Conference for Young Writers

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Early registration deadline: November 15 Final registration deadline: November 22 No registrations accepted after the final deadline. Online registration only. www.swsc.org/studentactivities Event from 8 am- 2 pm on January 4, 2017. Snow date is January 5th, 2017. Through interaction with presenters, students explore their creativity and discover how to express...
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“Voices of Exile: The Jewish Experience” Festival

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The music of composer Julius Burger will be featured during the “Voices of Exile: The Jewish Experience” festival Oct. 24-30 at Southwest Minnesota State University and Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts. This week-long festival celebrates the musical works of Burger, an Austrian/American Jewish composer who studied with Franz...
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Bus Trip by the Willmar Area Arts Council

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October 26 2016 bus trip to the Russian Museum of Art and the American Swedish Institute. American Swedish Institute extending the “Quilting Art of Today & Nordic Quilts,” which features works by Mary Chalmers of Willmar, exhibit. First stop will be the Russian Museum of Art. Exhibits include “Unknown Fabrege: ...
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Decorative Wine Bottle Class with Tamara Isfeld

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This is a class for any level of experience, but geared more toward adults, so come have some fun! Artist Tamara Isfeld will teach participants how to decorate a wine bottle. The photos show examples of what can be made–but you create your own vision. The class is Thursday, October...
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Balaton Arts Festival October 1

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Schedule of Events: 8-11 am Bake Sale & Coffee Break (Sponsored by Balaton United Methodist Church) 9:30-10 am “Rise & Shine” Beginners Yoga (at KirPatrick’s) (free session-Instructor Terri Wiblemo) 10 am – 2 pm Arts Festival (in memory of Cynde Livingston) Over 20 artists work are being featured to include: painting, pencil...
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