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Artist
Directory
Artists Invited to Show Work
Call for Artists: Silent Auction Fundraiser
Artist Updates
Calling All Artists!
Volunteer Opportunities
Artist Resources
Exhibition Opportunities
Artists
Invited to Show Work at Maple River Winery in Casselton, ND
Beginning January 1, 2007, the Maple
River Winery in historic downtown Casselton will showcase North
Dakota artists. Four or five artists will be shown in two-month
increments. North Dakota artists are invited to display their art.
Space is available on a first-come, first served basis.
The first Friday of each showing features a free wine and cheese
reception, compliments of Maple River Winery, from 5pm to 8:30pm.
Flavored coffees, jellies, other ND products will also be served.
The event will be marketed throughout the Fargo-Moorhead metro area.
The exhibits should be set up by the second of
the month; exhibits will should be taken down on the last day of
the second month. The winery will not insure any items, and will
not be responsible for any breakage or thefts. Items may be sold
at the Winery during the exhibit, providing the Winery receives
a commission on each item sold (10% suggested, negotiable). Artists
will be responsible for any shipping etc. if needed.
Interested artists should contact Greg Kempel
at the Maple River Winery at (701) 347-5900 or at greg@mapleriverwinery.com.
We look forward to promoting North Dakota artists.
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Donations
of Artwork Needed for Silent Auction Fundraiser
Donation
of artwork is requested for a silent auction to raise funds for
Elizabeth Hacker, who has been suffering from severe illness. All
proceeds will go toward medical bills associated with her illness.
Organizers are asking for donations of paintings, sculpture, jewelry
or other art objects.
The silent auction will take place
at Suite 49 Restaurant on Sunday, December 17 from 5:00 –
9:00 p.m. Contact Danielle Mark at (651) 338-6945 or at danielle.mark@und.edu
to donate work.
Elizabeth Hacker, wife of Senator Nicholas
Hacker, has been suffering from Hemophagocitic Lymphohsitiocytosis
(HLH), a very rare disease, since early September, and has been
in and out of comas since that time. She has undergone many surgeries
due to the illness, including the removal of most of her stomach.
An online journal documenting Elizabeth’s progress can be
viewed at www.caringbridge.com. Click on Visit and type in elizabethhacker.
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Artist
Updates
SOPRANO LOUISE PINKERTON
Awarded Grant from NDCA
Louise
Pinkerton, soprano has been awarded a $450 professional development
grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA). The
NDCA professional development program is designed to benefit artists
by providing financial assistance for informational/educational
opportunities relating to the arts. The funding comes from a grant
to the NDCA from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The award will help Pinkerton attend a study and audition trip to
New York City. “I am delighted to get this funding from the
North Dakota Council on the Arts," says Pinkerton. “This
grant program makes it possible for artists to advance their careers
through study with master teachers outside our community while still
living and teaching in North Dakota.”
Pinkerton is an active performer in operas, musicals, oratorios,
and recitals and has been named “one of North Dakota’s
outstanding young singers.” She is a rostered Artist in Residence
with the NDCA, teaches music at Minnesota State University Moorhead
and the University of North Dakota, and works with private students
in Grand Forks and Moorhead. Pinkerton is the national winner of
the Vivian Menees Nelson Award and a two-time Metropolitan Opera
Auditions regional finalist.
The NDCA as a state agency responsible for the support and development
of the arts and artists throughout North Dakota. The North Dakota
Council on the Arts receives funding from the National Endowment
for the Arts, the state of North Dakota, and interest income from
the North Dakota Cultural Endowment Fund.
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Calling
all artists!
We invite artists to list information on
our on-line artist directory. All regional artists are welcome to
use this free service. Please send
us bios and up to two images that you would like included in
the directory.
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Volunteer
Opportunities
List your volunteer opportunities
here! Contact Nicole at info@novac.org
to post your opportunities.
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Artist
Resources
General
National
Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts supports excellence in the arts,
bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in
arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent
agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's
largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50
states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
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 promote the support of the arts in North
Dakota. The NDCA provides grant funds made available by the National
Endowment for the Arts and appropriations from the state of North
Dakota.
Musicians
American Music Center
The American Music Center (AMC) is a national service and information
center for new American music, offering a monthly web magazine about
new music; an online library and listening room; a professional
development program; a monthly listing of new-music opportunities
for AMC members; grantmaking programs; and the American Music Center
Collection at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
American
Symphony Orchestra League
The American Symphony Orchestra League provides leadership and service
to American orchestras while communicating to the public the value
and importance of orchestras and the music they perform. The League
serves more than 850 member symphony, chamber, youth, and collegiate
orchestras of all sizes; links a national network of thousands of
musicians, conductors, managers, board members, volunteers, staff
members, and business partners; and provides services, information,
and educational opportunities to its members.
Chamber
Music America
Chamber Music America promotes artistic excellence and economic
stability within the profession, and ensures that chamber music,
in its broadest sense, is a vital part of American life. Chamber
Music America works to ensure that chamber music serves as a model
for cooperation and collaboration, that audiences become more committed
to supporting chamber music and the professionals who devote their
lives to this art form, and that opportunities for the performance
of chamber music increase in traditional concert venues and beyond.
American
Composers Forum
The American Composers Forum is committed to supporting composers
and developing new markets for their music. The Forum provides composers
at all stages of their careers with valuable resources for professional
and artistic development through granting, commissioning, and performance
programs. By linking communities with composers and performers,
the Forum fosters a demand for new music, enriches communities,
and helps develop the next generation of composers, musicians, and
music patrons.
Meet
the Composer
Meet The Composer works to increase opportunities for composers
by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation
of their music. Meet the Composer supports the creation of new work,
direct contact between composers and audiences, and collaborations
between U.S.-based composers and artists of all disciplines living
in and outside of the U.S. The organization also creates education
programs that deepen understanding of composers and their work and
that help establish music composition as a basic part of U.S. education;
and establishes innovative private and public sector partnerships
that create new opportunities for composers.
Performing Artists
Actors
Fund of America
The Actors' Fund of America provides for the social welfare of all
entertainment professionals--designers, writers, sound technicians,
musicians, dancers, administrators, directors, film editors, stagehands--as
well as actors. The Actors' Fund works to advance, foster and benefit
the welfare of all professionals in the entertainment community
who are in need of help, ensuring that these efforts are accomplished
with compassion, confidentiality and preservation of dignity for
the individuals concerned.
Association
of Performing Artists Presenters
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters works to bring performing
artists and audiences together in every place and way imaginable.
The Association achieves its goal by providing visionary thinking,
professional development, resource sharing, and advocacy, in support
of its members and all those who create and disseminate the performing
arts.
GoTour.com
An on-line resource of venues and performance opportunity for performing
artists.
Visual Artists
College
Art Association
The College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and
teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in
creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of
art; facilitates the exchange of ideas and information among those
interested in art and history of art; advocates comprehensive and
inclusive education in the visual arts; speaks on issues affecting
the visual arts and humanities; provides opportunities for publication
of scholarship, criticism, and artists' writings; fosters career
development and professional advancement; identifies and develops
sources of funding for the practice of art and for scholarship in
the arts and humanities; honors accomplishments of artists, art
historians, and critics; and articulates and affirms the highest
ethical standards in the conduct of the profession.
New
York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts offers an extensive national directory
of awards, services, and publications for artists, including over
3,400 arts organizations, 2,800 award programs, 3,100 service programs,
and 900 publications for individual artists across the country.
Artists' Communities
Alliance
of Artist Communities
The Alliance of Artist Communities contributes to America’s
cultural vitality by supporting diverse residency programs and advocating
for creative environments that advance the endeavors of artists.
The Alliance offers networking opportunities through conferences
and regional meetings; conducts and publishes research relevant
to the field; provides professional development through consultations,
workshops, training seminars and peer mentoring; provides information
on artists’ communities to artists, students, and others,
through the publication of our Directory, our searchable website,
and our newsletter; and advocates on behalf of artists’ communities
and creative environments in general, to funders, policymakers,
researchers, and the public.
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