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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. 

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

The Region 6 Selection Committee for Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota announces large-scale sculptor James Culleton was selected for their project titled "Flyways, Byways, & Waterways."

Check 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. 

Over 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

Born 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

NDCA 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.

The 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."

Check 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.

From 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