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After dedicating fifty years of her life to the North Dakota Museum of Art, Founding Director 
Laurel Reuter was not about to walk away without helping members of the board and staff plan for the future. 

By Rhea C. Beto

The Selection Committee for Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota announces Crosby-native Thane Lund as the inaugural installation artist for Region 1 – “Love Where You Live."

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts July 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. You will find an article about Minot Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Ellen Fenner's trip to a national Conference, along with a variety of opportunities available to artists and arts organizations across North Dakota! 

In June of 2022, Minot Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Ellen Fenner attended the League of American Orchestras 77th National Conference in Los Angeles, CA. When she returned, she laid out plans to implement many of the ideas and suggestions she had learned at the conference. The trip was funded in part by a Professional Development Grant from NDCA. 

By Rhea C. Beto

North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) has awarded $55,997 in the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program for Fiscal Year 23, which begins July 1, 2022 and ends June 30, 2023.

North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) has awarded two artist fellowships, each in the amount of $5,000. The Individual Artist Fellowship recipients in Music are Efrain Amaya of Minot, and Michael Wittgraf of Grand Forks.

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts June 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news. You will find an article about ND's ONLY trombone choir, along with a variety of opportunities available to artists and arts organizations across North Dakota! 

In the spring of 2022, University of North Dakota (UND) Teaching Assistant Professor, Author and Composer Dr. Chris Gable wrote an eight-part composition for the North Dakota Trombone Choir called Alarum Within. The project was meant to portray the negative impact on society caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

By Rhea C. Beto

NDCA and 4 ND state organizations receive $986,900 from NEA 

NDCA announces Board of Directors meeting