We Are Listening!
R2AC is charting the course for the next two years. Let your voice be heard! SURVEY Please take a moment to fill out this convenient online survey. LISTENING SESSIONS
Come and talk to us! We've been to Clearwater and Hubbard counties - now we are coming to you! Beltrami County December 2. Join us from 5:30 -6:30 p.m. at the Region 2 Arts Council Office in Bemidji. Mahnomen County December 11. Visit us any time between 3:00-6:00 p.m. at our table at the White Earth Winter Market. WETCC Campus, 2250 College Road in Mahnomen. LOW County December 15. Join us from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Baudette. Location to be determined! Please contact us at 218-751-5447 or staff@r2arts.org and let us know if you are coming!
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Apply for a Workshop Grant!
Are you gearing up to do some art in the winter months? Maybe you want to share your artistic talents with others?
Our Workshop Grants are easy to complete. They supplement workshop fees and bring quality, affordable workshops to adult learners in our region.
Region 2 residents who want to coordinate or present arts workshops are invited to apply.
Proposals are considered in the order in which they are received. Funds are available until they run out.
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Grant Awards
Recently Region 2 Arts Council awarded Arts Project Grants. Click here to see the projects, events, and/or performances supported by this program and the organizations in your community that work diligently to bring them to you.
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Northern Arts News Deadline
Deadline for submissions for the January 2015 issue of Northern Arts News is December 22.
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Region 2 Arts Council 426 Bemidji Ave. Bemidji, Minnesota 56601 staff@r2arts.org 218-751-5447
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Grant Deadlines
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Featured Events
Featured in this month's newsletter header is Labels, a show that explores being labeled by race, created by Cate Belleveau who was inspired by hearing Michele Norris' "The Race Card Project" on NPR. Photographs L-R: Tiffany Rae Barta, Katie Carter, Maddie Treuer, Ivan Smith, and Tiffany Rae Barta again. Photographs courtesy of Robb Carothers.
Mask & Rose Women's Theater Collective will present Labels on 12/5 at 6:00 p.m.,12/6 at 7:30 p.m., and 12/7 at 2:00 p.m. at the Rail River Folk School, 303 Railroad Street in Bemidji. Proceeds go to the Nameless Homeless Coalition of Bemidji. Pay what you can at the door: $5 -$15.
Enjoy the Park Rapids Classic Chorale Chorale Christmas Concert at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Park Rapids at 7 p.m. on 12/5 & 12/7.
"Tinsel, Tunes, and Treasures" on Tuesday December 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bemidji High School Auditorium. 
presents Amahl and the Night Visitors at 7:30 p.m. on 12/12 and 12/13, and at 3:00 p.m. on 12/14. Written by Gian Carlo Menotti, Amahl & the Night Visitors is a perennial holiday favorite, and NLOC is happy to bring it for the third time to a Park Rapids stage this holiday season.
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Featured Opportunities
Lake Region Arts Council is looking for someone who can use their photography skills and equipment to do day long photography sessions for visual artists in need of high quality photos of their work. This is paid work. Email Maxine Adams at lrac4@lracgrants.org.
Hinge Arts Call for Artists: Springboard for the Arts is launching "Hinge Arts," an artist residency program at the Historic Kirkbride building in downtown Fergus Falls.
Deadline: December 5, 2014.
National Endowment for the Arts "Our Town"Alaska Native, American Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations can apply to build knowledge of creative placemaking or start new projects to enhance their communities through Native arts and cultures .
Deadline: December 15, 2014
Minnesota State Arts Board Announces Fiscal Year 2016 Grant Calendar. All application deadlines for fiscal year 2016 Arts Board grants are available on the calendar page of the Arts Board Web site. Please note the changes for the following programs: - Arts Learning: Application deadline (February 13, 2015) is two months earlier than last year.
- Arts Access: Application deadline (April 24, 2015) is two months earlier than last year.
- Artist Initiative: Performing and literary arts have the same deadline; for performing arts, this is one month earlier than last year. June 12, 2015.
- Folk and Traditional Arts: Application deadline (June 26, 2015) is six weeks later than last year.
- Cultural Community Partnership: Application deadline (August 28) is four weeks later than last year.
Contact MSAB: Call (651) 215-1600 or email msab@arts.state.mn.us
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Noteworthy
Congratulations, Watermark!
Lori Forshee-Donnay, Watermark Art Center's Executive Director, announced this week that the Watermark Art Center was awarded a $150,000 grant from the George A. Neilson Foundation to help with the renovations of the "Lakeside Lueken's Building," Watermark's future home at 505 Bemidji Avenue in Bemidji. Forshee-Donnay expressed gratitude to the Neilson Foundation for the generous support and endorsement
of the project.
Bemidji Chorale at Carnegie Hall!
The Bemidji Chorale has been invited to participate in a performance conducted by Johnathan Griffith at Carnegie Hall in NYC on
May 25, 2015. Congratulations!
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