Artist residency program in Fergus Falls, MN, supporting career development, homecoming artists, and a new residency celebrating women’s suffrage. DEADLINE: March 2, 2020. https://springboardforthearts.org/hinge Hinge Arts at the Kirkbride is a community development and artist residency program in Fergus Falls which activates cultural programming at or related to the...
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Call Issued for Art Exhibits in the MN State Capitol Gallery
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Call issued for art exhibits in Minnesota State Capitol Gallery The Minnesota Capitol Art Exhibit Advisory Committee is looking for Minnesota artists or organizations who would like to display their work in the Capitol’s gallery space, located on the third floor of the Minnesota State Capitol. Proposed exhibits may be...
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MASC Short Play Festival Call for Submissions
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Guidelines: Plays must be 20 minutes or less. Plays can be original works or established works. Plays may be presented as script-in-hand (MASC can provide readers) or fully staged works If you bring a fully staged work, you would have to rehearse on your own There will be one rehearsal,...
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McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award
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Do you know an artist with an enduring and exceptional career in Minnesota? The McKnight Foundation invites nominations for its 23rd Distinguished Artist Award. The annual McKnight Distinguished Artist Award recognizes artists who have made a lifelong commitment to creating art that is locally, regionally, and/or nationally significant. These artists...
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Southwest MN Housing Partnership Seeks Resident Artist: Storytelling/Communications Artist
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (Click here for the pdf of this RFP) Southwest MN Housing Partnership Resident Artist Storytelling/Communications Artist Full Proposals due by: January 31, 2020 Info session (webinar) date: January 9, 2020 *Session will be recorded and made available afterward For questions and/or to sign-up for the webinar please...
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Youth ages 6-12 wanted for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
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Youth and Families: Celebrate and lift up Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When/Where: TWO important dates: Practice-January 18th, 10-11:30 am at the Marshall Lyon County Library Perform-January 20, 6:30 pm, SMSU Charter Hall 201 How: A youth choir and youth mural. Lean and perform uplifting music and create a mural...
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MN Council of Nonprofits to hold regional summit in Marshall
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MN Council of Nonprofits first Regional Summit in Marshall! For ten years, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) has hosted an annual conference for nonprofits in regional centers, small towns, and rural communities. On March 10, the Regional Summit will be brought to Marshall for the first time! This day-long summit is...
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Congratulations to Lyon County Resident on Star Tribune’s Picture of the Year!
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Chuck Freiss photo was chosen by the Star Tribune's "Behind the Lens" series photo of 2019
Congratulations to Lyon county’s Chuck Freiss, whose photo was chosen as the Star Tribune’s Behind the Lens 2019 picture of the year! Chuck has been a SMAC Individual Artist grantee as well as a SMAC panelist for Individual Artist grants. To learn more about these grants, visit: https://swmnarts.org/grants/smac-grants-for-individual-artists/ More details:...
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Perpich Arts High Call for Youth Art: Deadline for Organic Continuum open exhibition
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This is a great opportunity for your students to create art and get experience in the art competition community. Perpich Arts High School presents a call for art for Organic Continuum, an exhibition to showcase youth, 8th to 12th grade living in Minnesota. They are looking for work that responds...
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Brookings Public Arts Commission Seeks Proposals for Art in City/County Building
Posted by SMACThis call is open to all artists living or working in South Dakota or a neighboring state (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota)
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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