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In this Issue...
Upcoming Grant Deadline
The Arts Need You!
Arrowhead Arts Awards Nominations
Grants Awarded!
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Welcome to ARAC's first quarterly e-newsletter. This newsletter coincides with ARAC's quarterly grant deadlines. This will allow us to supply you with timely information about ARAC's programs and services without bogging you down with individual, monthly e-newsletters.
I want to highlight a couple of items that you will find in this newsletter. October 28th, 2016, is the next grant deadline and those grant programs' online applications are already open. Look for upcoming grant writing workshops, and staff are also available if you need help submitting an application.
November 18th, 2016, is the deadline to nominate an individual for the Arrowhead Arts Awards. If you know of an artist or arts advocate living in the region who should be recognized for their work, consider nominating them for one of these prestigious awards. Please help us to identify the many worthy artists and advocates in the region.
As a community member, you can become involved with the Council in two ways: become a Board member or consider serving as a grants review panel member. Serving on the Board or becoming a grant panel member is a great way to learn more about our regional arts community, the Council, its programs, and the grant review process.
I hope you find the new quarterly format informative and helpful. Get out and enjoy the fall colors and attend an arts activity in your community. Go to ARAC's website to check out our online calendar of funded events taking place around the region.
Bob DeArmond
Executive Director
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Upcoming Deadline and Workshops
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Online grant applications are now open for the following grant programs:
- Rural and Community Art Project grant for organizations: provides grant funding of up to $5,000 per project to organizations to support community or artist initiated arts activities that will impact the group and/or the community it serves.
- Two-Year Operating Support for organizations: provides grant funding of up to $15,000 over a two-year period to organizations to maintain their ongoing operating needs and services.
- Career Development grant for individuals: provides grants of up to $3,000 to developing and established regional artists to take advantage of impending, concrete opportunities or to carry out well-planned, time specific activities that will significantly impact their artistic careers.
The deadline for submitting grant applications to these programs is Friday, October 28th.
Grant Writing Workshop:
Our Grants Manager will be holding a grant writing workshop in Duluth next Tuesday, October 11th from 2-4pm. Attending a workshop is a great chance to get your questions answered and get specific program advice from the Grants Manager.
When: Tuesday, October 11th from 2-4pm
Where: Fitger's Complex, August Fitger Room, 3rd Floor, 600 E. Superior St., Duluth
For more information on this and other upcoming workshops, click here.
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NOW SEEKING:
Board Members and Grant Review Panelists
Grant Review Panelists:
ARAC is currently seeking individuals from the Arrowhead Region who are interested in serving on Grant Review Panels. Serving as a grant review panelist is a great opportunity for those who wish to serve with ARAC, but cannot commit to a 3 year board term. Panelists meet 1-2 times a year to review grant applications to the ARAC grant programs. Being a panelist is also a great way to learn about the granting process and how ARAC reviews and awards grants.
Board Members:
ARAC also currently has 2 openings on our Board for a member representative for Aitkin County, and a member representative for Koochiching County. Board members meet 10 times a year to review grant applications and to facilitate arts development in the Arrowhead Region. Members must reside in the county they are representing.
To find out more and how you can apply, click here.
Remember - Where the arts flourish, you thrive!
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Community Arts Learning Grants:
On September 15th, ARAC awarded a total of $32,560 in Community Arts Learning grants. There were 5 organizations and 1 individual awarded out of 14 applicants. Those awarded include:
- Aitkin High School Jazz Band, Aitkin, $2,560
- Amy Lucas-Peroceski, Chisholm, $6,000
- Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth, $6,000
- Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, Duluth, $6,000
- The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, $6,000
- Washington Elementary School, Cloquet, $6,000
The Community Arts Learning Grant program provides up to $6,000 to arts organizations and individuals providing activities with clearly articulated learning objectives. Targeted audiences will have interactive contact with artists, and the project will include a public performance or presentation. These projects may take place in public schools, community education sites, parks and recreations facilities, or other community venues.
For more information on the Community Arts Learning Grant Program and how to apply, click here!
Art Project Grants:
On September 15th, ARAC awarded a total of $39,400 in Art Project grants. There were 9 organizations awarded out of 10 applicants. Those awarded include:
- Duluth All Souls Night, Duluth, $5,000
- Freshwater Dance Collective, Duluth, $5,000
- Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, Duluth, $5,000
- Lake Superior Writers, Duluth, $1,200
- Matinee Musicale, Duluth, $4,000
- Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, Virginia, $5,000
- North Shore Music Association, Grand Marais, $5,000
- Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, $4,200
- Spirit Lake Poetry Series, Duluth, $5,000
The Art Project Grant program provides up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations to support activities directly involved in the creation, performance, exhibition, or publication of art, or to present arts events by contracting for the service of other organizations or individuals.
For more information on the Art Project Grant program and how to apply, click here!
For more information on those awarded and their projects, click here!
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Now Accepting Nominations for the
Arrowhead Arts Awards
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The Annual Arrowhead Arts Awards recognize two outstanding individuals in the region who have made major contributions to the arts in the region. The awards include:
- the George Morrison Artist Award: this award recognizes an individual artist whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the arts over an extended period of time; and
- the Maddie Simons Arts Advocate Award: this award recognizes an arts administrator, arts educator, volunteer for a nonprofit arts organization, or artist whose involvement in a project or program has substantially contributed to the arts in the Arrowhead Region.
Nominations will be accepted through Friday, November 18th. For more information on the awards and how to nominate someone you know, click here!
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(click the map to visit our calendar!)
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Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
www.aracouncil.org
Fitger's Complex, Suite 404
600 E. Superior St.
Duluth, MN 55802
218.722.0952 or 800.569.8134
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