Friday, September 9, 2022 at 10:00 am

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

NDCA September 2022 Newsletter screenshot of topCheck out NDCA's Prairie Arts September 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. Learn how English Learners at Williston HS increased their vocabulary while painting, discover great opportunities, find out about online & in-person arts events happening throughout the state, and so much more!


Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 04:30 pm

Categories: Featured Stories

Williston High School student holding their art and writing booklets up to the monitor during Zoom classIn May of 2022, NDCA Rostered Teaching Artist Beth Olshansky conducted a 9-day Virtual Picturing Writing Residency initiated by Williston EL high school teacher LeAnne Tracey. Students used crayon resist watercolors to paint 2 pictures and then described them in 2 separate poems. 

By Rhea C. Beto


Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 01:30 pm

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

Screenshot of top of August 2022 NDCA E-Prairie Arts NewsletterCheck out NDCA's Prairie Arts August 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. You will find an article that explains how retired ND Museum of Art Founding Director Laurel Reuter leaves behind a sustainable future, along with a variety of opportunities available to artists and arts organizations across North Dakota! 


Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 10:00 am

Categories: Featured Stories

Painted portrait of head and shoulders of Laurel Reuter with dark hair in elegant bunAfter dedicating fifty years of her life to the North Dakota Museum of Art, Founding Director 
Laurel Reuter was not about to walk away without helping members of the board and staff plan for the future. 

By Rhea C. Beto


Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 11:30 am

Categories: Press Releases

Thane Lund color rendering for Region 1 Arts Across the Prairie art installationThe Selection Committee for Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota announces Crosby-native Thane Lund as the inaugural installation artist for Region 1 – “Love Where You Live."


Monday, July 4, 2022 at 04:30 pm

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

Screenshot of Index, top page of Prairie Arts Newsletter July 2022Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts July 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. You will find an article about Minot Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Ellen Fenner's trip to a national Conference, along with a variety of opportunities available to artists and arts organizations across North Dakota! 


Monday, July 4, 2022 at 03:00 pm

Categories: Featured Stories

Orchestra conductor and violinists of LA Philharmonic

In June of 2022, Minot Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Ellen Fenner attended the League of American Orchestras 77th National Conference in Los Angeles, CA. When she returned, she laid out plans to implement many of the ideas and suggestions she had learned at the conference. The trip was funded in part by a Professional Development Grant from NDCA. 

By Rhea C. Beto


Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 10:30 am

Categories: Press Releases

Assortment of folk art instrumentsNorth Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) has awarded $55,997 in the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program for Fiscal Year 23, which begins July 1, 2022 and ends June 30, 2023.


Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 03:30 pm

Categories: Press Releases

Head and shoulders framed photos of Efrain Amaya and Michael WittgrafNorth Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) has awarded two artist fellowships, each in the amount of $5,000. The Individual Artist Fellowship recipients in Music are Efrain Amaya of Minot, and Michael Wittgraf of Grand Forks.


Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 09:30 am

Categories: Prairie Arts Monthly e-Newsletter

E-Prairie Arts June 2022 NewsletterCheck out NDCA's Prairie Arts June 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. You will find an article about ND's ONLY trombone choir, along with a variety of opportunities available to artists and arts organizations across North Dakota!