Opportunities

The Rock County Fine Arts Association Is seeking proposals for artist displays (group or individual) at the Carnegie Cultural Center for 2009-2010. Send proposals to Jerry Deuschle, 1294 131st Street, Luverne, MN 56156 or e-mail to jkdeuschle@myclearwave.net. Please include images of work proposed. Questions? Phone 507.283.8477 or email jkdeuschle@myclearwave.net.

Arts Across Minnesota The Minnesota State Arts Board is pleased to reintroduce the Arts Across Minnesota program, which has been on hiatus for several years. Arts Across Minnesota grants help make outstanding arts experiences available to residents in every region of the state through festivals and tour presentations that engage local artists, children, and other members of the public in community-wide arts celebrations.

The program offers two different grant opportunities:

Festivals grants - funding to involve Minnesota individual artists and small to midsize Minnesota art organizations in the arts components of community-based festivals
Host community grants - funding to support community arts residencies presented by professional, touring, performing or visual arts organizations

Visit www.arts.state.mn.us to find application materials and a schedule of upcoming grant information sessions that will be held throughout the state.

Contact Amy Frimpong at (651) 215-1607 or amy.frimpong@arts.state.mn.us if you have questions about the program guidelines and eligibility requirements that are described in the materials, or questions about a project you'd like to propose.

The grant application deadline for Festivals and Host Community grants is August 8, 2008.

The Jerome Foundation and Northern Lights, with fiscal sponsor Forecast Public Art, announce Art(ists) on the Verge, a new Minnesota grants program that supports emerging artists who create and present new work at the intersection of experimental artistic practice and technology. This program concentrates on art practices that are social, collaborative and/or participatory. See the attached press release and call for artists for more details.
        Northern Lights, a new Twin Cities-based arts agency under the leadership of Steve Dietz, with the support of the Jerome Foundation, will implement a two-track fellowship and mentoring program for Minnesota-based, emerging artists working experimentally at the intersection of art, media, technology, and social practice.
        Informational sessions for interested artists will be July 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis and August 15, at 12:00 pm at the Jerome Foundation, 400 Sibley Street, Suite 125, St. Paul. Applications are due Monday, September 8, 2008.
        For more information, please contact Eleanor Savage, Program Officer, Jerome Foundation 651.224.9431 esavage@jeromefdn.org or Steve Dietz, Director, Northern Lights 952.994.4118 AOV@northern.lights.mn.Visit their website at www.jeromefdn.org/

Call For Emerging Artists/Artisans Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! in Willmar will feature an Emerging Artists tent this year. Participation will be free but based on a recommendation of an art instructor or mentor. The emerging artists may sell or just display their art at the festival which will be held in downtown Willmar on Saturday, September 20th, from 10 am to 5 pm. The application deadline is June 1. Contact Willmar Area Arts Council for more information: 320-231-8560 or artscouncil@willmar.k12.mn.us.

"Spirit of Woman" Through the Artist's Eye a juried arts show and sale, June 19 - July 26, 2008; Bremness Gallery, Ann Bickle Heritage House, 226 East Minnesota Ave., Glenwood; email sandysstudio@wisper-wireless.com.

Call for Art VSA arts and CVS Caremark All Kids Can invite children and youth to submit artwork showing us your creativity. Explore new activities, challenge your perceptions, discover your inner artist and submit your work of art today! Open to all children from age 5 to 15 from all 50 states. For directions on how to apply and other information, visit the VSA Arts web page and click on the Call for Entries/ VSA arts and CVS Caremark All Kids Can link

The Hutchinson Photography Club meets the 4th Tuesday of every month at the Hutchinson Public Library. All ages and experience levels are invited.

Open Minnesota Percent for Art Artist Registry The registry is a collection of resumes and work samples of visual artists in all disciplines who would like to be considered for public art commissions and purchases. It is the most common way that the Percent for Art program finds artists for public art commissions and purchases in state buildings. There is no fee to join. To learn more, visit http://www.percentforart.us/

The Minnesota State Arts Board maintains a database for visual artists who want to locate new venues in which to exhibit and sell their work, and for art patrons and collectors who are interested in viewing or purchasing art in Minnesota. The database is available at www.mnarts.us/exhibit.cfm

MNArtists.org is an online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines. It offers to Minnesota-based artists a central gathering place on the Web, and will grow to become a marketplace and community hub. It offers the public a new way to explore art and get to know artists. In addition to providing artists and organizations with a web page containing images and information, mnartists.org provides news and features about the local arts scene from a variety of sources and a calendar of arts events in Minnesota. Visit their website and read more at: mnartists.org

mnartists.org Calendar mnartists.org is home to more than 10,000 Minnesota artists and arts organizations statewide, and now it's the place to find hundreds of events in every discipline. With the new mnartists Calendar, you can search the region to find a performance around the corner or across the state as well as the dates for classes, exhibitions, films concerts, shows readings and theater. Seek out established luminaries and emerging artists alike, find out what's going on at your favorite venue, or discover someplace new. Visit http://www.mnartists.org/calendar

Springboard For The Arts is a non-profit artist service organization. Their mission is to provide affordable management information, consulting and training services designed to improve the business competence and confidence of independent artists and cultural organizations in the Upper Midwest. Check them out at : www.springboardforthearts.org/Workshops/Workshop.asp or call 651-292-4381

Attention Writers! The Loft Literary Center lists opportunities for writers at www.loft.org

The Minnesota State Arts Board - A Basic Guide to Grants for MN Artists, Performance and Rehearsal Spaces, and Gallery and Exhibition Spaces in Minnesota. http://www.mnarts.us/grants.cfm

Minnesota Sesquicentennial Grant Program a grant program for communities and organizations to create Sesquicentennial activities that are meaningful to local residents, Visit their website for more information: www.mn150years.org/grants.html

The Flower Shop Project is a Twin Cities based theatre company. They are looking for new seedlings to cultivate in their greenhouse. If you are playwright and have a script, submit it for consideration to become a full theatrical production. If interested, read more at theflowershopproject com/cms

Ruby Hill Gallery is seeking artists who want to exhibit and sell artwork. The Gallery is located at 217 Main Ave., Carlos, MN 56319. There is no fee and a 50% commission on sales. Artists will be featured on their website: www.rubyhillgallery.com. For more information, call 320-852-9900 or email ChoiceKatBox@aol.com