We Need Campus Arts Advocates
MCA
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
2233 University Ave. W. #355
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-251-0868 fax 651-917-3561
staff@mncitizensforthearts.org
www.mncitizensforthearts.org
Arts Action Center
November 30, 2007
1. We Need Campus Arts Advocates
2. Give the Gift of Arts Advocacy
3. Event Reminders from MCA
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1. We Need Campus Arts Advocates
We are looking for enthusiastic students or groups from Minnesota campuses that have a passion for the arts. Become a Campus Arts Advocate – it is a minimal time commitment that yields great results for the future of the arts. Student advocates will organize other interested students for Advocacy Day and help to spread the word at your campus.
Our first meeting is *December 7th at 6pm* in our Saint Paul office at the below address. Pizza provided!
Arts Advocacy Day at the Capitol happens on *February 14th, 2008* and it would be wonderful to see Minnesota college campuses represented! Minnesota Citizens for the Arts is a statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress. Our mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts. Annually, we host an Arts Advocacy Day at the MN State Capitol to make sure decision makers know about the strong arts community in Minnesota and that we’d like their support. Arts people come from all over the state to take part. It’s the best arts networking opportunity of the year!
Thank you for your help! Please RSVP by contacting Tara at: degnx002@umn.edu. (You must be a currently enrolled student in order to participate).
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, 2233 University Avenue West, #355 St. Paul, MN 55114, p: 651/251-0868 www.mncitizensforthearts.org
www.myspace.com/mncitizensforthearts.
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2. Give the Gift of Arts Advocacy
It’s going to snow this weekend and gift giving season will soon be here! Make things easy on yourself by giving the gift of Arts Advocacy. We’ll make it easy for you:
Give an MCA membership on MCA’s secure website at:
mncitizensforthearts.org/join/membership/individual-memberships/
Give cool Arts Advocate gifts from MCA’s store at:
www.cafepress.com/mnforthearts
Happy Holidays!
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3. Event Reminders from MCA:
Minnesota’s Arts Advocacy Day
February 14, 2008 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota History Center and Minnesota State Capitol
More information here: newspaceship.com/events/advocacyday/
Explore Minnesota Cultural Tourism Conference
January 22-24, 2008 (Cultural Tourism Day is January 23)
Alltel Civic Center, Mankato
More information here: industry.exploreminnesota.com/2008_Minnesota_Conference_on_Tourism.html
National Arts Advocacy Day
March 31-April 1, 2008
Washington, D.C.
More information here: www.artsusa.org/events/2008/aad/default.asp
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Join MCA’s MySpace Page: www.myspace.com/mncitizensforthearts.
View MCA Advocates on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/Mncitizensforthearts
Take Action: www.mncitizensforthearts.org.
Your frequently updated, one-stop site for: information about Minnesota Citizens for the Arts and how you can get involved, an Action Center called the Arts Action Center where you can write a letter to your legislator, or even find out who your legislators are, facts about the arts in Minnesota, the latest on legislative and congressional action on arts issues and more!
Things You Need To Know:
MCA values your privacy, and will not sell or distribute your personal information to anyone. MCA is a nonpartisan statewide arts advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts. MCA organizes the arts community and lobbies the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress on issues pertaining to the nonprofit arts. If you are interested in learning more about how to advocate for the arts, or how to activate people in your arts organization or community to lobby for the arts, please call us at 651-251-0868 or e-mail staff at mncitizensforthearts.org. State arts funding supports access to the arts for all Minnesotans. The state-funded Minnesota State Arts Board and eleven Regional Arts Councils provide grants and services in every Minnesota county for artists, arts organizations, arts projects and school artist residencies. For more information on regional or state grants, go to www.arts.state.mn.us/racs/index.htm.