April 19, 2021 The Board of Directors of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is pleased to announce the search firm Ballinger Leafblad has been retained to guide its search for MCA’s executive director. MCA seeks a leader who is...
What is Arts Advocacy Day/Week? Minnesota Citizens for the Arts works to increase arts funding by bringing arts advocates together with their legislators about the importance of the arts to our lives and our economy. Every year about 500-1000...
Checking in with Sheila Smith On Monday morning, we spoke with Sheila Smith, MCA’s executive director, about the week’s events and MCA’s mission. “The damage is a spectrum,” Smith said. “The worst one was Migizi. It’s just really terrible. The...
YES, IT’S PART 3:HELPFUL COVID-19 GRANTS+ RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS NONPROFITS IN MN Here’s another round of COVID-19 resources for artists and arts organizations: New Artist Survey! National Endowment for the...
The situation created by the coronavirus crisis is fast moving and confusing. You know that there are opportunities for help for both artists and arts nonprofits, but how do you wade through it all? Here are the best centralized resources for...
Dear MCN Members and Friends, In the past week, we have witnessed rapidly evolving responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including Minnesota’s Stay-at-Home order, movement on another federal stimulus bill (still...
Late last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed (96-0) the third phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) response relief package. The $2 trillion emergency stimulus package included important provisions supporting the arts sector and creative...
MCA Supports Moves by State & Philanthropic Funders to Respond to Covid-19 Crisis With Flexibility, General Operating Support Across the country, philanthropy is responding to the unprecedented upheaval in the arts and nonprofits by signing...
Happy Valentine’s Day! Show YourLove for the Arts… Join Us! Find out more about Arts Advocacy Day.
BIG ARTS NEWS FROM MCA! * Increase in NEA* Arts Champion Senator Richard Cohen to Retire* Arts All Star Awards* Five New MCA Board Members, and* Save the Date for Arts Advocacy Day 2020! Increase in NEA is Coming Thanks to Rep...
A thousand arts people are in Minneapolis this week at the Americans for the Arts Conference, being held in downtown Minneapolis. It’s been fun to show off our great arts community to the nation. As part of the conference, Congresswoman...
STATE FUNDING FOR THE ARTS The Special Session of the legislature finally ended last week and we have good news to share – we have obtained an 11% increase in state arts funding! This fantastic outcome could not have happened without all of the...
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