“OUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL: A CREATIVITY ENHANCEMENT WORKSHOP,” a week long workshop will be offered at the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, IA June 17th – 21st. The Art Center is currently working with Iowa’s Education Dept. to offer the course… Read more
Category Archives: Info and Resources for Artists
Summer Creativity Workshop
Opportunity for Sculptors & Vendors
Rainbow Garden and Sculpture Walk of Mayville, ND is seeking artistic creations for an Art in the Garden sale and festival on June 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The juried event will feature garden sculptures and other original works… Read more
Nine easy ways to create ideas
We all could use a little help coming up with great ideas, right? Recently ran across this article about using the mnemonic SCAMPER to help generate ideas through brainstorming. Published on July 20, 2011 by Michael Michalko in Creative… Read more
Rochester Contemporary Art Center 6x6x2011
Members, here’s an opportunity with some interesting restrictions – each work of art donated must be 6 x 6″ and signed on the back for anonymous exhibition. From the RoCo’s website: 6x6x2011: Global is the fourth exhibition of thousands of… Read more
The Google Art Project
If you haven’t seen it already, Google is endeavoring to “…enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail”. http://www.googleartproject.com/ Working in collaboration with some of the world’s… Read more
North Dakota Council on the Arts Awards $571,498 in Grants Across the State
For more information, contact Amy Schmidt, ND Council on the Arts, 701-328-7594 North Dakota Council on the Arts Awards $571,498 in Grants Across the State The North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) has completed its spring grant round for Fiscal… Read more
NEA to Webcast National Council on the Arts Meeting, June 25 at 9 a.m.
Contact: Victoria Hutter, hutterv@arts.gov, 202-682-5692 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS TO WEBCAST NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS MEETING FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010 AT 9:00 A.M. NEA 2010 honorees in heritage, jazz, and opera to be announced; Research… Read more
Arts Action Fund Spring 2010 eNews
ACTION FUND E-NEWS vol I 2010 ========================================================== FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA: AMBASSADOR FOR THE ARTS Throughout her first year as first lady, Michelle Obama has used her position and the White House venue to… Read more
Financials for Artists
Financials are important for measuring your profitability and growth, for creating a yearly budget and making long-term plans. Do you know which financial statements you need to review? How should you analyze them? And when things are not going the… Read more
Writers and illustrators – April 10 conference
Are you interested in writing or illustrating for children or young adults? Do you know someone who has this dream? Don’t miss this opportunity! Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators – Dakotas 4th Annual Spring Conference… Read more
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