The Northwest Regional Arts Council provides artists, arts organizations and schools with the following services, a bi-monthly newsletter Northwest Arts and the Northwest Minnesota Directory of Artists and Arts Organizations . Training workshops for artists and arts administrators are offered throughout the year and by request. Arts organizations can have their facilities and programming reviewed for meeting accessibility guidelines. Non-profit organizations or cities can apply to have an artist create a public art piece for their community. 1st of November.
Assistance is available to arts organizations for capital expenditures.
Students must be in high school or college and a resident of our seven county region. With region-wide membership comprised of professional artists, arts educators, volunteers with community arts organizations, and arts enthusiasts, the Council encourages all the arts by serving as an advisory committee to the Northwest Regional Development Commission. In 1976, the Minnesota State Legislature recognized the need to support the development of arts throughout Minnesota, and the concept of Regional Arts Councils became law. Using the state's development boundaries, the arts councils became a vehicle to distribute public dollars for arts activities. Regional Arts Council funds are allocated according to a formula using a base amount plus a figure calculated from each region's percentage of population and land area.