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Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts September 2023 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and two feature stories: one about the Watford City High School Mural Project and one about Togolese Artist Hamzat Koriko.

Watford City High School students and community members collaborated on the making of six murals at the school. The intent was to establish a sense of pride for anyone walking the halls, including students, staff, and the community at large.

By Rhea Beto

Hamzat Koriko's dedication to playwriting, Togolese drumming, and storytelling has enriched his life and woven a tapestry of unity and cultural exchange within the vibrant artistic landscape of North Dakota.

A first-person account by contributing editor Hamzat Koriko, Ph.D.

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts August 2023 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and two feature stories: one about a world renowned double-reed band called the New York Kammermusiker and one about Native artist Shawna Fricke.

In 1969, ND native Ilonna Pederson founded a professional double-reed ensemble called the New York Kammermusiker (NYK), a non-profit organization seeking to expose new audiences to the instruments and music from the Renaissance era. While the group has performed in dozens of countries across five continents, there is one place they keep coming back to – North Dakota.

By Rhea Beto

North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) has awarded $90,096 in the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program for Fiscal Year 24, which begins July 1, 2023 and ends June 30, 2024.

ND artist Shawna Fricke, Piaute/Taos Pueblo, believes it’s important to buy art from inspired Natives and not “Native inspired” art. “We are out there trying to make our statement and establish our identity. A Native artist’s work is deeply personal to them, and they want to make sure it matters.”  

By Contributing Editor Alicia Hegland-Thorpe

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts July 2023 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including upcoming EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, and a feature story about a Sewist who was chosen as the Artist in Residence at Turtle River State Park.

Sewist Cynthia McGuire Thiel was “shocked and thrilled” when she was chosen to be the Artist in Residence at Turtle River State Park, July 14-23, 2023. 

By Rhea Beto

The Region 4 Selection Committee for Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota announces large-scale sculptor and designer, James Peterson as the artist for their project titled – “Endless Sky - Dynamic Layers."