Welcome! The North Valley
Arts Council (NoVAC) is a nonprofit organization that supports arts
and culture through service, education and advocacy. |
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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: Artists interested in participating in the event
can download the application
here. Businesses interested in participating in the event can
download the application here.
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Dr. Caroline Levine |
Provoking
Democracy: 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. |
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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. |
