Arts Alert: State Arts Board To Post New Programs On Line This Week
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MCA December 2, 2009 1. State Arts Board To Post New Programs On Line This Week 2. What Others Are Saying About the Amendment 3. Save the Date! Arts Advocacy Day Will be March 2, 2010 —————————————————————— 1. State Arts Board To Post New Programs On Line This Week Word on the street is that, in the next week, the Minnesota State Arts Board will post on its website the application forms and guidelines for the new grants programs made possible by the passage of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. So, get ready to write those applications! The Board created four major new programs as well as a number of smaller initiatives. The four major new programs are:
Smaller new programs include a census of artists and arts organizations, a touring folk/traditional visual arts exhibition, and additional traditional and folk arts grants. These programs are in addition to the Board’s previous decision to provide stabilization grants for arts organizations and presenters (the checks for stabilization grants will go out in Feb. and April, 2010). Most of these new MSAB programs will have application deadlines in February, 2010, with award panels held in March/April, and grants made in June, 2010. And remember, these larger grant programs are in addition to all of the many new Arts, Arts Access, Arts Education and Arts and Cultural Heritage programs being launched across the state by our eleven Regional Arts Councils. —————————————————————— 2. What Others Are Saying About the Amendment The Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Graydon Royce did a big story this weekend about how the Amendment may affect the state’s arts community. “New revenue from the Legacy Amendment could spur a broader, more democratic growth of the arts through Minnesota in the next decade,” he says in his article. He also quotes Sen. Richard Cohen, who says, “If this provides stabilization of small and midsized arts organizations, maintenance of some major assets and an increase of access to the arts throughout Minnesota, then this money will be the defining story not just for the next decade but for the life of the amendment.” Check out the full story at: http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/onstage/80367572.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU. —————————————————————— 3. Save the Date! Arts Advocacy Day Will be March 2, 2010 The best arts networking opportunity of the year will be MCA’s Arts Advocacy Day on March 2, 2010 in St. Paul. Save the date on your calendar now, with more details to follow soon! —————————————————————— MCA VIDEO LINKS Check out two great videos from Arts Advocacy Day Held February 24, 2009: Here’s a video of highlights from the Arts Advocacy Day kickoff rally on MN Stories by Chuck Olsen: …and a 3 Minute Egg arts show by Matt Peiken with interviews of attendees and some footage of meetings with legislators: ———————————————————————- RESOURCES Everything MCA does is made possible by our passionate and committed members. Join Today on MCA’s secure web site at:mncitizensforthearts.org/join/membership/individual-memberships/
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