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The North Valley Arts Council (NoVAC) is a nonprofit organization that supports arts and culture through service, education and advocacy.

 

Enjoy the Art & Wine Walk in downtown Grand Forks and East Grand Forks! Stroll through downtown Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, visit artists and view their artwork, and sample wine and other beverages during the Art & Wine Walk.

The Art & Wine Walk occurs the third Saturday of the month, May through October, from 1-5pm. Participants receive a map of participating businesses and artists, wine and other beverage samples, and an invitation to join the closing reception for each event.

2008 schedule:
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 16
September 20
October 18

Artists interested in participating in the event can download the application here. Businesses interested in participating in the event can download the application here.

Questions? Contact NoVAC at (701) 777-6120 or at info@novac.org.


Dr. Caroline Levine

Provoking Democracy:
Why We Need the Arts
Friday, May 9 | 7:30pm
Empire Arts Center | $10 at the door

The North Valley Arts Council invites you to participate in a discussion with Dr. Caroline Levine on the value of challenging art. She will discuss arts controversies from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the obscenity trial of rap group 2 Live Crew to the use of Jackson Pollock as CIA propaganda to the destruction of Richard Serra's Tilted Art in order to make the case that democracy benefits from artists who deliberately challenge the majority. Levine is a specialist on relations between art and politics. She is author of Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts (Blackwell 2007), and The Serious Pleasures of Suspense (Virginia 2003). She has co-edited three collections of essays, and has published articles on writers and artists, including John Ruskin, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charlotte Bronte, Andreas Gursky, and Richard Serra.

Levine's presentation is part of Art & Democracy, a series that provides arts supporters and advocates with the chance to dialogue about democracy with one another and experts in political life; examine how the arts address civic change; explore how democracy enables the creation of vibrant art; and increase the public understanding of the role of the arts in civic life. Art & Democracy is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.


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Be an Advocate for the Arts!

The New York State Alliance for Arts Education has released the most up to date compendium of information for both practitioners and advocates of Arts Education/Arts in Education. The Toolkit is a response to requests for information regarding a wide assortment of topics including:How can I find money to support outstanding programming? How can arts education stakeholders work together to support a rigorous arts curriculum? Where in my region can I find an arts education advocacy network? How can schools and arts organizations work together to enhance academic learning through the arts? What kind of educational background do students have at each grade level, K- 12? How can I successfully integrate the arts into classroom curriculum? Visit the NYSAAE website for more information.

 

 

Americans for the Arts provides a list of up-to-date legislative activities that are related to the arts. Visit Americans for the Arts to learn more and to take action.

 

 

 

The House Subcommittee set a major funding increase of $35 million for the National Endowment for the Arts in the FY 2008 Interior Appropriations Bill which brings its funding level up to $160 million. Additionally, the National Endowment for the Humanities was also given an increase to match the NEA at $160 million. Visit Americans for the Arts and send a message to your Senators urging them to match both of these funding levels in the Senate.

 

ArtsVote is a national initiative to help the arts impact the presidential election. In New Hampshire, the Arts Action Fund has partnered with New Hampshire Citizens for the Arts to identify, educate, train, and mobilize likely arts voters to help influence candidates to take strong positions for the arts.

Visit ArtsVote to find information for arts advocates who are working on arts and arts education issues. The site contains campaign news; national, regional, and local research information; and facts and figures about the arts. This site is updated regularly with comprehensive and timely information, ranging from suggested arts-related proposals to economic data and ArtsVote events and activities.

 

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