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Anoka County Arts Alliance Publishes its 4th Arts Guide and Directory
The long overdue fourth edition of the Anoka County Arts Alliance's Arts Guide and Directory has finally hit the press. Well, not exactly. Instead of a print edition, the new arts guide and directory will be published on the web and available to the whole world via the internet. "Listings are coming in daily," says June Anderson, director of the Anoka County Arts Alliance and editor of this newslink. "As members of the arts world in Anoka County become aware of this site and see it for themselves, they are renewing their memberships in the Arts Alliance at a record rate--and many are signing up for the first time."
According to Anderson, this ACAA website has tremendous potential as an outreach to the community. "Not only can we list artists and writers and musicians and entertainers and groups and organizations representing the arts as we did in our first three print guide/directories, we can now maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date calender of the concerts, shows, and events presented by these individuals and organizations, along with a link to their own websites. We fully expect that www.anokacountyartsalliance.org will be the 'go-to' website for people in Anoka County wanting to connect with the arts --whether it is to join them, hire them, attend them, purchase their products, or use their services. It is the key that unlocks the door to the arts in Anoka County."
Regarding Heritage Fund Opportunities for Artists and Performers..
Event: Alive at the Library Date: June 5, 2010 (Saturday) 10am-2pm
The Anoka County public libraries will be using some of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding, (money to benefits the arts that was passed by the voters in 2008) for a county-wide event, “Alive at the Library.” This event will feature Anoka County artists and performers at all of the nine different libraries that are part of the library system, an artist and a performer at each library. Participants will be paid.
Because of its close connections and familiarity with the arts community of Anoka County, its artists and performers, Anoka County Arts Alliance has been asked to make recommendations regarding available talent. If you are interested in participating in this event, please indicate this on your membership form, if you have not already sent it in. If I already have your membership form, please respond by e-mail. Upon receipt, an application form with more details will be sent to you. The library would like to know within the next two weeks who is available so they can make their final selection and start promoting the event. If I haven’t heard from you by then, I will assume you are not interested or not available.
June Anderson, Executive Director Anoka County Arts Alliance
Membership forms are available on the ACAA website: www.anokacountyartsalliance.org. |
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) Announces Three Anoka County Recipients of Grant Awards
Three Anoka County arts groups have been named winners of Community Arts Grants funded by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
The North Artists' Studio Crawl received funding for its 10th annual Studio Crawl which will take place in the communities of East Bethel, Ham Lake, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Ramsey, Andover, and Anoka the weekend of April 11 and 12, 2010. Check out their website at www.nascrawl.org for more information;
Northern Symphony Orchestra received funding for three concerts to include a performance of The Planets by Gustav Holst, a second concert themed Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, and a third concert of Spanish and French compsitions. The concerts will take place at Anoka County venues beginning in February, 2010. Further information can be obtained from their website: www.northernsymphonyorchestra.org
Mississippi Valley Orchestra received funding for American Stories, a collaborative concert with Chorus Polaris, writer Carol Lacey, visual artist Tom Wilder, and residents of Parkview Villa in Colunbia Heights. The concert will take place at First Lutheran Church in Columbia Heights in June, 2010. More information on their website: www.missvalleyorch.com
About the ACAA NewsLink
This page is dedicated to newsworthy items/articles concerning the arts and the artists in Anoka County, including, but not limited to grants and awards, deaths, etc as well as links to news articles. Members are invited to submit their information to: anokacountyartsalliance@gmail.com |
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