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The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council serves artists & art orgs in the Arrowhead Region. Our mission is to facilitate and encourage local arts development
Duluth, MN
Joined July 2014
Congratulations to the #Midwest local arts agencies receiving American Rescue Plan grants! @CityOfDubuque @chicago @CityofEvanston #RAAC @tippecanoearts @ArtsCouncilGL @ARACouncil @GGFFoundation #MinotAreaCounciloftheArts @CityofMadison @CultureWorksDYT @ArtsCommission
Today @NEAarts announced American Rescue Plan grants totaling $20,200,000 to 66 local arts agencies for subgranting to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. Read more: https://t.co/InUgHrDwSo
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Essentia & #VisionNorthland in #DuluthMN are partnering with @integratedart to develop an engaging art collection that includes local & regional artists while reflecting Essentia’s values. Learn more: https://t.co/WE38W4J1lQ Website: https://t.co/nlAugapVaZ
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Today we are excited to share a new Guaranteed Income for Artists pilot in the Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods of St. Paul. Inspired by the @cityofsaintpaul and @mayorsforagi, with support from @BushFoundation and @McKnightFdn. Read more below! https://t.co/PRnhRtu7MQ
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"Part of being an artist is so much volatility and so much uncertainty month to month. A particularly interesting question that we want to investigate is: What does even baseline stability allow?" More about our Guaranteed Income pilot in @StarTribune! https://t.co/dOfRLgfeEv
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Artist Relief is open for applications. Artist Relief will make at least 100 grants per month from now through June to individual artists facing dire financial emergencies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cycle X is now open through March 31st. #ArtistRelief
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ARAC’s Art Project grant round for Spring 2021 is now open. The Art Project program is for organizations to support arts activities with value to the community your organization serves. Deadline March 26, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Grants are up to $5,000. https://t.co/gapXHcQ333
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The McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship program rewards talented Minnesota visual artists whose work is of exceptional artistic merit, who have created a substantial body of work over a period of time, and who are at a career stage beyond emerging. https://t.co/CACygFO0sI
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.@thecowlescenter's applications for the #McKnightFellowships for Minnesota #Choreographers & #Dancers are now open. Each fellowship is $25,000. Deadline to apply is 3/31/21 at 3pm CST. Info for dancers: https://t.co/S9FIqijk8w Info for choreographers: https://t.co/1CjHAcdrJb
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Yes to all of this AND healthcare, guaranteed income and small business support. | Building Power for Freelance Arts Workers—and All Independent Contractors—Will Make Them More Resilient to Economic Shocks: https://t.co/p73ereYPut via @urbaninstitute
urban.org
Low wages, wage theft, and unstable employment leave freelance arts workers in precarious conditions.
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Are you registered for Arts Advocacy Day/Week? We need you to join us to protect arts funding! Register here:
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Hey artists, you need a budget! Check out this instructional video full of practical tips on planning for your budget and fundraising, to go along with the Work of Art toolkit! https://t.co/uw8ATH6sql
https://t.co/8wnjadEs6a
springboardforthearts.org
About Work of Art Artists build their creative practices in many different ways, but often run up against the same sets of practical career questions – What steps do I take next? How do I price my...
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Miss out on the first #FromTheField conversation between Em Johnson and Jack Forinash of @Blueskycenter and Drew Digby of @ARACouncil? Catch up with the video on @CreateExchange, and sign up for the December 11 conversation! #Rural #RuralArts #Webinar
https://t.co/pu5ecodYnh
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I love Em and Jack’s attitude of not getting hung up on perfectly defining their role as an organization. “We let people describe us however they want, however they perceive our role in community.” #FromtheField @Blueskycenter @SpringboardArts
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"People sometimes talk about rural places as slow, and I think that's pejorative. We're not slow, we're deliberate." Jack Forinash of @Blueskycenter in today's #FromTheField conversation. #Rural #RuralArts #RuralCommunityDevelopment #RuralEconomicDevelopment
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Thanks so much @drewjdigby and @Blueskycenter for the expansive, hopeful conversation that I didn’t even know how much I was in need of! Looking forward to the next episode of @SpringboardArts #FromtheField with @racing_magpie and @publictransform!
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From the Field is a new series of conversation series on reimagining the future of rural America. Coming up on 11/13 is From the Field: Imagining the future of artists as economic developers, with @Blueskycenter & @ARACouncil. #FromTheField #RuralArts
https://t.co/GPluou4r8d
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Coming up on November 13! #FromTheField: Imagining the future of artists as economic developers is a conversation with Em Johnson & Jack Forinash from @Blueskycenter (Cuyama, CA), hosted by Drew Digby from @ARACouncil (Duluth, MN). #RuralArts #Rural #Arts
https://t.co/GPluou4r8d
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Ask (a Springboard Artist Career Consultant) Anything! Coming up at 12 noon on Thusday, October 15, join Project Bike founder Dana Sikkila for an open ended conversation on making work, rural arts, running arts organizations, and more! https://t.co/T3OYb5cav3
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We have an open Request For Qualifications for Public Art on our University Avenue site. There is so much we don't know in this moment but we know we want to be able to hire artists. Join us for a Zoom info session on Wednesday, June 3, 7-8pm. https://t.co/PaASsgvEhs
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Say goodbye to the fall performing arts season: Concert promoters, theater presenters, orchestras and dance companies are ripping up their 2020 calendars and hoping 2021 will mark a new beginning
nytimes.com
Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.
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