1/3/2018 Contacts: Sheila Smith, 651.251.0868
Executive Director, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
Kim Citrowske, 218.299.5333
Assistant City Planner, City of Moorhead
Creative Minnesota Report about Clay County
To be Released at Presentation and Discussion
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM News Conference
At Theatre B – 215 10th St N, Moorhead
New Study Looks at Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture on Clay County Economy
SAINT PAUL, MN: A new study on the size and impact of the nonprofit arts and culture sector in Clay County will be released at 10:00 AM on January 10, 2018, by Creative Minnesota, City of Moorhead and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. The presentation will be at Theatre B’s new location at 215 10th Street North in Moorhead.
The Creative Minnesota study is part of an ongoing series of research reports about the arts and culture sector in Minnesota that is available for free at CreativeMN.org. Creative Minnesota 2017 quantifies the impact and needs of Minnesota’s artists and creative workers, updates previous studies on the economic impact of our state’s 1601 nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and reviews other research about the arts sector in the state.
The Clay County study is one of fifteen local reports that will be released in January.
Twenty-six Clay County organizations are part of the local study:
- Barnesville Potato Days
- City of Barnesville/History Project
- City of Moorhead
- Concordia College
- Concordia Percussion Ensemble
- Dilworth Glyndon Felton School
- Fargo-Moorhead Chamber Chorale, Inc.
- Fargo-Moorhead Choral Artists
- FM LGBT Film Festival
- Friends of the Moorhead Minnesota Library/ Lake Agassiz Regional Library
- Gooseberry Park Players
- Hawley High School
- Heritage Education Commission
- Historic Comstock House
- Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County & Hjemkomst Center
- Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead
- Minnesota State University Moorhead
- Minnesota’s Historic Northwest
- Moorhead Community Access Television Corporation
- New Rivers Press
- Nordic Culture Clubs
- Rourke Art Gallery Museum
- The Arts Partnership
- Theatre B
- Trollwood Center for Performing Arts and Blustem Amphitheater
- Ulen-Hitterdal Community Education AKA Top Hat Theatre
The Creative Minnesota 2017 statewide and regional reports, as well as additional research about Minnesota’s arts and cultural community can be downloaded for free at: creativemn.org. Creative Minnesota was developed by a collaborative of arts and culture funders in partnership with Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA). The Creative Minnesota team includes:
- Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is a statewide arts advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts. MCA organizes the arts community and lobbies the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress on issues pertaining to the nonprofit arts and conducts original research. MCA works with over 40,000 arts advocates in Minnesota. 651-251-0868, www.artsMN.org @MNCitizen
- The McKnight Foundation: www.mcknight.org
- Target: https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility
- Bush Foundation: www.bushfoundation.org
- Mardag Foundation: http://www.mardag.org/
- Jerome Foundation: http://www.jeromefdn.org/
- The Minnesota State Arts Board: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/
- Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/racs/forum.htm
- Ideas that Kick: www.ideasthatkick.com
- Americans for the Arts: www.AmericansForTheArts.org
- CURA Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota: http://www.cura.umn.edu/
- Minnesota Compass: http://www.mncompass.org
- City of Moorhead – Art in Moorhead
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