Advocate for the Arts

2 North 3rd Street, Suite C, Grand Forks, ND 58203 : 701.772.3710 : info@novac.org

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Free calendar of EVERY Arts & Culture Event in the state!

Elected Officials

Grand Forks City Council

Your Elected
North Dakota
State Officials

Rep. Rick Berg

Senator John Hoeven

Senator Kent Conrad

Easy Ways to Advocate for the Arts

Thank the Grand Forks City Council

The Grand Forks City Council provides substantial support to the regional arts community by funding the Re-Grant program. This support is critical to the health of the local arts community.

Click here to download a letter of thanks to your Council Person. It's easy- we've written the letter for you- just print, sign and send!

Americans for the Arts
Keep your Politicians Honest!

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2010, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

Visit the Americans for the Arts E-Advocacy Center to tell your United States Congressmen (and other elected officials) that you support arts and arts education. The site has customizable letters for you to get your message across.

Interested in receiving the latest policy-relevant arts and culture news, sent directly to your e-mail inbox on a weekly basis? Visit Arts Watch, the ideal way to spot emerging trends, track on-going issues, and connect to a world of news and ideas.

North Dakota Council on the Arts

The North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) is a service and program agency of the state, established in 1967 by the State Legislature to develop the arts and to promote and support the arts in North Dakota. Grant funds are made available by the National Endowment for the Arts and appropriations from the state of North Dakota. It is the mission of the North Dakota Council on the Arts to promote, preserve and perpetuate the arts in North Dakota.

Visit the NDCA's Advocacy webpage to find out how you can help.

McKnight Foundation
Arts are the Tools of Reinvention

Communities coping with economic challenges and declining population reinvent themselves as cultural centers. A report about the arts in rural Minnesota finds that, for many towns, the tools of the reinvention are the arts and artists. The report confirms that the arts act as invaluable communication tools, economic drivers, and vital cultural links with the rest of Minnesota, the nation, and the world. Check out the report, Bright Stars, at http://www.mcknight.org/brightstars/.

Cultural Policy and the Arts
National Data Archive

CPANDA, the Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive, is the world's first interactive digital archive of policy-relevant data on the arts and cultural policy in the United States. Check out CPANDA.org.