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*Celebrating Pride Month with Jason Grueneich

Friday, June 7, 2024 at 05:00 pm

Categories: Featured Stories

Chest-up photo of Jason Grueneich wearing a black shirt, with short dark hair and short beard, with a big toothy smile; standing in front of the North Dakota Capitol building in Bismarck Artist and LGBTQ+ advocate Jason Grueneich shares his story growing up gay in North Dakota and why he believes music and the arts can be used to comfort, inform, heal, and help us grow.

By Contributing Editor Jason Grueneich

Bowman artist displaying a collection of works on the 18th floor of the Capitol

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:00 am

Categories: Press Releases

Bowman artist Cris Fulton with shoulder-length grey hair, wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a long-sleeve blue jean shirt, and a closed smile that reaches her eyes Bowman artist Cris Fulton is displaying a collection of original watercolor designs on the 18th, or observatory, floor of the Capitol Building through August 2024.

NDCA receives $933,513 partnership award from NEA

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:00 am

Categories: Press Releases

North Dakota Council on the Arts has been approved for a $933,513 National Endowment for the Arts FY 2024 partnership agreement to address priorities identified at the State level.

NDCA announces new Executive Director Jessica Christy

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Categories: Press Releases

head and shoulders of Jessica Christy with long, full, straight dark hair, fair skin and a sweet closed smile; wearing a black shirt with a book shelf in the background North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) is proud to announce and welcome Jessica Christy as the next executive director of the agency.

Prairie Arts May 2024

Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 02:15 pm

Categories: Monthly E-news

NDCA Prairie Arts May 2024 TOP Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts May 2024 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. It includes upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and an article celebrating the accomplishments of outgoing Executive Director Kim Konikow.

Celebrating Kim Konikow’s artful leadership; enriching North Dakota’s cultural landscape

Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 11:30 am

Categories: Featured Stories

Waste-up photo of Kim Konikow, wearing sunglasses and a black winter jacket, waving hello and posing in front of the Welcome to North Dakota sign on a cold January day with blue skies During her tenure at NDCA, Executive Director Kim Konikow successfully advocated to increase the agency’s budget, introducing new programs for underserved communities, and expanded staff capacity to manage those programs.

By Rhea Beto

Winning prints from 2022-2024 Governor's Photo Contests on display on the 18th floor of the Capitol

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 03:00 pm

Categories: Press Releases

2024 Governor's Photo Contest Spring Category Winner "Blossoms in May" by photographer Paulette Bullinger, showing the North Dakota Capitol on a sunny May day, with a canopy of cherry blossoms framing the top and sides

NDCA and North Dakota Tourism are displaying prints of the winning photographs from the 2022 and 2023-2024 Governor's Photo Contests through May 2024.

NDCA announces request for qualifications for placemaking in Region 8

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 02:00 pm

Categories: Press Releases

Region 8 site located along Old Hwy 10, west of Medora, with the rugged beauty of its open spaces highlighted by green and golden fields, sweeping vistas of prairie grasslands, and the eroded buttes of the North Dakota badlands North Dakota Council on the Arts announces request for qualifications for placemaking in Region 8.

Prairie Arts April 2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 03:00 pm

Categories: Monthly E-news

Screenshot of the top of NDCA's April 2024 e-newsletter showing the new Arts Across the Prairie logo and a list of bullet points showing what is included Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts April 2024 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. It includes upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and two STORIES: NDCA Fellow and playwright Kathleen Coudle-King gives an update on her project and Arts Across the Prairie unveils their new brand strategy.

The art of the process; writing Whispers in the Wind

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 09:30 am

Categories: Featured Stories

Brightly smiling playwright Kathleen Coudle-King, with shoulder-length dark grey hair, dark clothing, a thickly-designed bronze necklace and thin, dark-rimmed glasses NDCA FY24 Individual Artist Fellow and playwright Kathleen Coulde-King gives an update on her project, "Whispers in the Wind: North Dakota's Disappeared Speak,” a play about people who seemingly disappeared after they became associated with mental institutions in North Dakota.

By Rhea Beto

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