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Welcome to e-Prairie
Arts!A partnership between the North Dakota
Council on the Arts (NDCA) and the North Dakota Arts
Alliance/Alliance for Arts Education (NDAA/AAE). This electronic
newsletter is in addition to the printed newsletter Prairie Arts.
e-Prairie Arts will be distributed via e-mail at the beginning of
every month. If you know of anyone else who would like to receive
e-Prairie Arts, please e-mail mailto:comserv@nd.gov?subject=Add
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Statewide News
Date Set for the North Dakota State Tree Lighting
Ceremony
The North Dakota Council on the Arts, along with
the Governor's Office and Facility Management, invites the general public
to the Lighting Ceremony for the North Dakota State Christmas Tree. The
free ceremony will be conducted by Governor John Hoeven and First Lady
Mikey Hoeven on Tuesday, December 6 at 5:00 p.m. in the Memorial Hall of
the Capitol Building in Bismarck. more on tree lighting...
Have Your North Dakota State Tree Ornament Project
Televised
Mel Stone, from Channel 11 news of Fargo, would
like to televise a story on a ND State Christmas Tree ornament project in
progress. If you (or a group of individuals) are currently working on this
project, live within 80 miles of the Fargo area, and would like your story
televised on Channel 11 news, please call Mel Stone at 701-371-9907. Click here to learn more about the ND State Tree call for
ornaments.
North Dakota Artist Accepted
for The Creative Center's Training Program for Hospital
Artist-in-Residence in New York City
Deborah Ford of
Dickinson, North Dakota, was one of ten artists accepted for The Creative
Center's Training Program for Hospital Artist-in-Residence, which will be
held from November 13-18, 2005, in New York City. more
on residence...
Dinner Theatre,
Offered to ND Community Theatres Royalty-Free Next
Year
Conrad Davidson, who wrote the play Dinner
Theatre with the support of a NDCA fellowship, is offering this play
for production to ND community theatres royalty-free next year. Dinner
Theatre will be presented by the Mouse River Players community theatre
group in Minot on November 18-20, 2005. more on Dinner Theatre...
2006 Individual Artist Fellowship Grant Now
Available
Click here to access the 2006 Individual Artist Fellowship
Grant for visual and media arts. Music and literature will be
eligible in 2007, and traditional arts, dance, and theatre are eligible in
2008.
Grants Available from the State
Historical Society
The State Historical Society of North Dakota
(SHSND) has grant money available during the 2005-07 biennium. more on grants available...
Some Upcoming Events and Exhibits That Missed Publication in
the Prairie Arts Newsletter
Click here to view the events and exhibits that
missed publication in the Oct/Nov/Dec Prairie Arts newsletter.
National News
Robert C. Booker Appointed New Executive Director of
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Virginia Cárdenas, chair of
the Arizona Commission on the Arts (ACA), announces the appointment of
Robert C. Booker to lead the Commission as its new executive
director. For the past eight years, Booker has been executive
director of the Minnesota State Arts Board. Acknowledging the
unanimous recommendation of Commission members, Cárdenas said, “Robert
Booker is a proven arts leader. He has always worked tirelessly to
ensure that the arts have a place in daily life. We are delighted
that he’s decided to join us and continue doing so here in Arizona.” more on Robert...
National
Arts Marketing Project Conference -Blockbuster Results on an Indie
Budget: Arts Marketing and Earned Income Strategies that
Work!
This year’s National Arts Marketing Project
Conference focuses on strategies for earned income and audience
development that have gotten big bang for the buck. Sessions will
highlight case studies in branding, high-tech e-marketing, guerilla
tactics on a budget, researching and reaching diverse Audiences, and
collaborations of all kinds from organizations of all art forms and all
sizes! more
on NAMPC...
Columbia College Chicago to
Host the 44th Annual Professional Arts Management Institute
(PAMI)
Columbia College Chicago will host the 44th annual
Professional Arts Management Institute (PAMI) focusing on “Cultural
Tourism.” The three-day event – November 18-20 – will feature 20 hours of
lectures, panel discussions and interactive sessions that explore ways to
promote, manage and develop an area’s arts and cultural resources that
expand opportunities for tourism and travel. more on Columbia...
$14.89 Million Awarded in Save America's Treasures
Grants
The Arts Endowment, President's Committee on the Arts
and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute
of Museum and Library Services jointly announced the awarding of $14.89
million in federal competitive Save America's Treasures grants. more on
treasures…
Southern Arts Federation
Emergency Relief Response List
The Southern Arts Federation
is pleased to announce the relief plans of other organizations for artists
and arts organizations in the Gulf Coast states. This widespread response
is most gratifying and they will be updating this list as they receive
information from individuals and organizations about new initiatives. more on SAF...
Events and Exhibits Calendars, and Arts
Opportunities
Upcoming Events and Exhibits calendars on the NDCA web site
If
you have events that you would like included on the NDCA Calendar of
Events, please email them to mailto:comserv@nd.gov?subject=e-Prairie
Arts: Upcoming Events.
Arts Opportunities on the NDCA web site
Did you Know...
National estimates are that out of
a class of 30 students, up to 10 will someday be employed in an
arts-related occupation. (Music Educators National Conference,
Exploring Careers in Music, Second Edition)
In 2004, there
were over 10.6 million overseas visitors who participated in cultural and
heritage tourism activities while within the country. (U.S. Department of
Commerce)
Other Resources
The following Web sites have
resources that may be of service to educators, individual artists, and
arts organizations including funding and other opportunities,
publications, arts events, etc.
National Endowment for the
Arts
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
National Assembly of State
Arts Agencies
Arts Midwest
Arts Education
Partnership
The North Dakota Council on
the Arts is the state agency responsible for the support and development
of the arts throughout North Dakota, and is funded by the state
legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The North
Dakota Arts Alliance/Alliance for Arts Education is a state network
dedicated to education and advocacy for the arts and arts education. The
Alliance is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education
Network, and is funded by membership contributions, the Kennedy Center
Alliance for Arts Education Network, the National Endowment for the Arts,
and the North Dakota Council on the
Arts.
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