arts alert: Watch Video: Arts Interviews With MN Governor Candidates
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Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
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Arts Action Center
August 3 , 2010
1. New Video: MCA Interviews Governor Candidates!
2. 100+ Legislative Candidates Respond to Our Arts Questionnaire
3. VOTE in Primary on August 10
4. YOU ARE INVITED to Town Hall Forum with Rocco Landesman from NEA
5. Winona Legacy Weekend Brings Big Crowds
6. Grants for Leaders in Dance, Jazz, Presenting and Theatre
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1. New Video: MCA Interviews Governor Candidates!
MCA is proud to present our first-ever candidate video featuring the three DFL contenders for Governor Matt Entenza, Margaret Anderson-Kelliher and Mark Dayton and their responses to questions on the arts. Be an informed voter:
- Which candidate listens to Brother Ali?
- Which one sings along to GLEE?
- Which candidate says they are a “champion of the arts?”
- Which one says, of legacy funds, “the legislators should keep their hands off the people’s money?”
- Which ones committed to MCA’s position that 50% of the Legacy’s Arts and Culture Fund should go to the Minnesota State Arts Board and Regional Art Councils so that the funds get to all 87 Minnesota counties?
- And which one did not?
Find out by watching our video: http://www.mncitizensforthearts.org/actnow/legislatorsupport/governor-candidates/ We have also already interviewed Independent candidate Tom Horner, and will post his video soon (you can read the transcript on our website now). We are still hoping to interview the GOP contender, Tom Emmer, and the other Independent candidate, Rob Hahn. They have not yet responded to our requests for interviews.
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2. 100+ Legislative Candidates Respond to Our Arts Questionnaire
With the Primary coming up in just seven days, you want to know if your local candidates support the arts? Find out how they answered our survey about arts issues: http://www.mncitizensforthearts.org/actnow/legislatorsupport/.
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3. VOTE in Primary on August 10
Minnesota’s Primary election is on August 10, just seven days away! If you want a say in which candidates will be there in the General election in November, you need to vote. Every poll and campaign says the DFL primary is very close. There’s also a big primary in the Independent race. Make sure you have your say! It’s easy to find out where you vote on the Secretary of State’s wensite here: http://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/. See you there! (I want to see all of you wearing your “I Voted” sticker on August 10).
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4. YOU ARE INVITED to Town Hall Forum with Rocco Landesman from NEA
The head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, is coming to Minnesota at the request of Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-St. Paul) to talk about economic development through the arts. There will be a Town Hall Meeting and you are invited. Sign up now as space is limited!
Congresswoman Betty McCollum Invites You
to attend a town hall forum with the
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
Congresswoman Betty McCollum is pleased to invite Minnesota’s arts community to a town hall forum with Mr. Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Chairman Landesman is visiting Saint Paul as part of this “Arts Works” tour highlighting the important role of the arts in strengthening community and contributing to economic revitalization and development.
WHO: Congresswoman Betty McCollum & NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman
WHEN: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 2:30-3:30 PM
WHERE: Steppingstone Theatre, 55 Victoria Street North, Saint Paul (parking on the street or at the ramp near Cafe Latte)
RSVP: Please RSVP by Friday, August 20, 2010 at 651-224-9191 (McCollum’s Office)
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5. Winona Legacy Weekend Brings Big Crowds
MCA joined with Conservation Minnesota, Visit Winona and the Great River Shakespeare Festival to celebrate a first-ever Legacy Weekend highlighting projects funded by the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB), Regional Arts Councils, Historical Society and conservation in Winona on July 23-25, 2010. Over 600 people attended the morning Family Fest that highlighted conservation work on the Mississippi River, and another huge crowd showed up for the Great River Shakespeare Festival’s (GRSF) free music concert that evening (funded, in part, by the MSAB). There were many other fund events during the day.
The Winona Post did a great article on all of the positive things that have happened in Winona because of Legacy grants: http://www.winonapost.com/stock/functions/VDG_Pub/detail.php?choice=37275&home_page=1&archives=. Thanks to all who helped to organize a very fun day, especially Laurie Flanigan Hegge from GRSF, Pat Mutter from Visit Winona, and Paul Austin from Conservation Minnesota. You guys rock! Okay. So where are we going next? Stay tuned!
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6. Grants for Leaders in Dance, Jazz, Presenting and Theatre
Doris Duke Leaders in the Arts Fund: The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has approved a 2-year grant in the amount of $50,000 to the Amherst Wilder Foundation. The purpose of the grant is to support the creation of the Doris Duke Leaders in the Arts Fund, which will subsidize the participation of leaders in the fields of dance, jazz, presenting and theatre in the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul. For more information, or instructions on how to apply, please contact Paul Robinson at the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute at ppr@wilder.org or 651-280-2491. (Editorial note from Sheila Smith: I went throught his leadership program about ten years ago, and it was the best thing I ever did. You should apply if this applies to you!)
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