Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 01:15 pm

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

NDCA e-Prairie Arts March 2024, topCheck out NDCA's Prairie Arts March 2024 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. It includes upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and two STORIES: Ireland-based ND artist Mollie Douthit and high school students make music video with teaching artist Stuart James. 


Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 10:30 am

Categories: Featured Stories

Students walking away outside on a paved road with cars parked around them, during a cold winter day in Fort Totten, North DakotaOver the course of a week, the students at Four Winds High School had not only written a song together but had also arranged it, produced it, and filmed it, creating their own video during a workshop led by Teaching Artist Stuart James.

By contributing editor Lisa McCallum


Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 09:45 am

Categories: Featured Stories

Artist Mollie Douthit taking a selfie in Ireland with people walking behind her on a narrow paved street that leads to a small lake, on a lightly raining day with the sun peaking over the horizonBorn and raised in North Dakota, artist Mollie Douthit always felt a strong connection to her family's European roots. Learn how she reconciled her desire to belong by following her own path.

A first-person account by artist and contributing editor Mollie Douthit


Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 09:00 am

Categories: Press Releases

The ND 2024 State POL Champion, Circe Atkinson holding a large trophy, standing in front of a wall that reads Poetry Out LoudNDCA is pleased to announce Circe Atkinson of Mandan High School, as the 2024 State Champion and first place winner of the North Dakota State Poetry Out Loud (POL) contest. For more details, read the full ND POL 2024 Championship Press Release.


Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 11:00 am

Categories: Press Releases

Alan and Nicole Milligan pictured next to a map of ND showing the installation location near Rugby, along with a stunning rendering of an 80 foot stained-glass feather arching over the prairieThe Region 2 Selection Committee for Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota announces large-scale sculptors and design team Alan and Nicole Milligan selected for their project titled – “Living Waters, Painted Skies."


Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 01:00 pm

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

Screenshot of top of NDCA February 2024 enewsCheck out NDCA's Prairie Arts February 2024 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and a story about accomplished Dakota artist Holly Young.


Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 09:00 pm

Categories: Featured Stories

Dakota artist Holly Young holder her ledger artFrom the beginning of Dakota artist Holly Young's career, through her remarkable accomplishments, one thing was never lost - her commitment to preserving and sharing traditional art forms and lifeways with her people. 

By Contributing Editor Alicia Hegland-Thorpe


Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 02:00 pm

Categories: Press Releases

NDCA's new ND Artist Training Cohort program is now accepting applications from artists interested in improving their skill levels and capacity for outdoor public art production.


Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 01:00 pm

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

ND Prairie Arts January 2024 Newsletter TopCheck out NDCA's Prairie Arts January 2024 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and (2) STORIES: ND Snow Sculpting & Culture Bearer Frederick Edwards Jr.


Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 09:00 am

Categories: Featured Stories

Circular black, red and white logo with words Team North Dakota Snow Sculpting curved around the edges and a grey-bearded man with a blue hand and face, wearing winter clothing and holding a chisel-style shovel across his shouldersWith a mission to share their passion and train the next generation of artists, the 2023 National Snow Sculpting Champions: Jay Ray, Mike Nelson and Josh Zeis, describe the reductive process, display their tools, show samples of their work, and share what they have learned about snow sculpting.

By Rhea Beto