North Dakota Council on the Arts

*October 2005*
Produced by the North Dakota Council on the Arts and the North Dakota Arts Alliance/Alliance for Arts Education
*Welcome to e-Prairie Arts!* The North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) and the North Dakota Arts Alliance/Alliance for Arts Education (NDAA/AAE) have designed this new electronic newsletter to supplement its printed newsletter Prairie Arts. This supplemental will be distributed via e-mail around the beginning of every month. Some notes before you begin: Each article below is listed by a headline, then a link to a Web page where you can read the rest of the article. Please note that this may open a new browser window and prompt a pop-up message from your e-mail service provider. This is normal. If it happens, click the "OK" button on the pop-up message. There should be the e-Prairie Arts logo on the top of this e-mail. If you do not see this, your e-mail service may not accept graphics. Please request a text-only version by calling 701-328-7594 or e-mailing mailto:comserv@nd.gov?subject=e-Prairie%20Arts:%20Text-Only. This supplemental is sent automatically to Prairie Arts readers who have an e-mail address on file with the NDCA. If you would like this sent to a different address, click here. We welcome your comments and suggestions regarding the e-Prairie Arts online newsletter, please email them to mailto:comserv@nd.gov?subject=e-Prairie%20Arts:%20Comments-Suggestions. Enjoy! And if you know of anyone else who would like to receive this, have them send an e-mail to comserv@nd.gov.

Statewide News Fargo Artist Displays Work in the Capitol Building in Bismarck http://www.state.nd.us/arts/feat_artists/current.htm 25th Annual Young Artists Solo Competition Hosted by KCCM 91.1 FM (Minnesota Public Radio) and Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Guild kccm91.htm NoVAC – Entrepreneurship and the Arts Conference, Saturday, October 22 conference.htm Local Composer to be Featured in Film composer.htm Upcoming NDCA grant application deadlines: Artist-in-Residence – November 1 Community Arts Access – November 1 Teacher Incentive – November 1 grants.htm

National News On September 29th, the Art Endowment celebrated it's 40th anniversary! http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/Anniversary.html The Arts Endowment Announces the Great American Voices Military Base Tour: Unforgettable Melodies from Opera & Broadway http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/GAVAnnounce.html American Masterpieces Grant am_masterpgrants.htm Truman State University Exhibition --"Calls for Entries" entries.htm

Calendar of Events and Exhibits Calendar of Events and Exhibits 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%20Arts:%20Upcoming%20Events.

Arts Opportunities Arts Opportunities on the NDCA web site

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. North Dakota Council on the Arts North Dakota Arts Alliance/Alliance for Arts Education 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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