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Region 2
Arts News
DECEMBER 2021
Arts Events, News, Funding Opportunities and more
Serving the Minnesota counties of
Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen
(and Becker, Cass, Itasca, Roseau for Indigenous artists)
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What's New?
The Region 2 Arts Council office will be closed for the holidays from December 24, 2021 – December 31, 2022. During that time staff will not be checking emails or phone/text messages.
We will be back to work on January 3, 2022.
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Meet our new Mahnomen County Representative, Anna Larson | |
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Anna Larson is excited to support Region 2 Arts Council’s vision to improve quality of life through the arts. Anna’s father is a watercolorist, cartoonist and multi-media collage artist who encouraged her artistic potential by taking Anna to art fairs and painting with her in his small basement studio. Anna furthered this artistic inspiration through an MFA in creative writing (poetry thesis). She brings a varied artistic interest in film, poetry, painting, oral interpretation and music, to name a few. Serving as museum assistant with the Blue Earth County Historical Society, Anna found ways to integrate her MFA background into more managerial duties that included an opportunity to coordinate Prairie Stories and River Rhymes with League of Minnesota Poet laureate, John Rezmerski, as well as a 5-person gallery exhibit in Mankato. Anna currently serves on a Native Neighbors Bridge Building Table with the ELCA Northwest Synod as secretary while living on the agricultural westside of White Earth Reservation - living in and with the tensions and dynamic gifts of a cross cultural setting.
As an Interfaith Universal Life Church minister, Anna contributes a strong, person-centered approach to our work. In her words, " Art must have both natural and human centered-value. A reciprocal, give-and take spirit builds people up and fosters collaboration and belonging. I have a person-centered approach to the value of art rather than "object" centered while maintaining high aesthetic standards for public spaces." We are excited for her presence and contribution toward on-going efforts to build greater Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in our systems, processes and programming.
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Individual Artist Grant applications are now online!
Eligible artists must be 18 years or older, in any stage of their artistic career, and reside in Beltrami, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, or Mahnomen County
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Buy local this holiday season and support artists in your area!
Check out our Holiday Guide to Local Artists & Events
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Opportunities for Artists and Organizations | |
Congratulations to our Awardees! | |
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Fall Arts Access Grant Recipients
Total Amount Awarded: $54,621
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City of Mahnomen was awarded $5,986 to assist City of Mahnomen to set-up a residency to conduct a series of puppet making workshops and community open studios with a guest Native artist.
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Headwaters Music & Arts was awarded $2,730 to assist Headwaters Music & Arts in holding a community wide book reading and related activities based on "One Goal: A coach, a Team, and a Game That Brought a Divided Town Together" written by award-winning author by Amy Bass.
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Bemidji Community Theater was awarded $6,000 to assist Bemidji Community Theater to mount a full stage production of The Wizard of Oz.
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Paul Bunyan Playhouse was awarded $6,000 to assist Paul Bunyan Playhouse to partner with MN-based, BIPOC-led/-serving organizations to center BIPOC art on our stage, thus establishing a pathway for greater participation in theatre.
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Northern Light Opera Company was awarded $6,000 to fund the second season of a 7-day Workbench New Play Workshop led by a duo of professional playwrights and designed to facilitate a group of community based writers in the writing of their own original plays.
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Hubbard County DAC was awarded $6,000 to assist HCDAC participants to increase their skills in papermaking, pottery and theater by learning and exploring new techniques with teaching artists.
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Northern Artist Association was awarded $4,110 to join with Gallery North to offer free art classes as well as videotaped tutorials to supplement some of the art lessons being taught.
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Bagley Area Arts Collaborative was awarded $5,797 will assist the Bagley Area Arts Collaborative, Inc. to bring back two nationally known artists who are very popular with area and regional artists offering newly designed workshops.
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Northern Light Opera Company was awarded $6,000 tol assist Northern Light Opera Company to produce it's 21st Summer Music Theater Production
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Bemidji Symphony Orchestra was awarded $6,000 tol assist the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra to present “Believe in the Moments of Music”, a concert of cinema music.
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Arts Learning Grant recipients
Total Amount Awarded: $30,976
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Bagley Area Arts Collaborative was awarded $6,000 to host a two-week arts experience.
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Bemidji Community Theater was awarded $6000 to reboot its internship program due to the pandemic to reach out to mentor youth in stagecraft skills.
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Headwaters Music & Arts was awarded $4,673 to host a week-long fiddle camp for area string musicians.
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Northern Light Opera Company was awarded $6,000 to provide a 3-week children's theater camp to create an original play with music in collaboration with Pine Point School.
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Bemidji Woodcarvers Club was awarded $2,771 to host a 2-day class with artist Rhonda Smith on artistic techniques and applications using colored pencils as a medium.
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Laporte School was awarded $5,532 to assist Laporte School to host an artist residency with musician, Ross Sutter, to assist students in grades 3- 5 in building two musical instruments, a mouth bow and a dulcimer.
|  | Region 2 Arts Council Arts Access and Arts Learning Grants are made possible by the voters of Minnesota thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund | | | | |
