I found the conference a timely opportunity to connect, learn, and refocus on how we continue to grow resilience and imagination in our sector—especially amid changing landscapes in funding, technology, and community needs.
As I complete my first year as Executive Director of the Lake Region Arts Council (LRAC), I find myself reflecting on an experience that has been both humbling and inspiring.
Lake Region Arts Council announces over $122,000 in Fall 2024 Legacy Grants, supporting six individual artists and eleven organizations through funding from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Elsa Laubach Jemne’s work can be found in the historic Brandon Auditorium in Brandon, Minnesota, and in various public buildings around the state of Minnesota and beyond.
When those of us who worked to get the Arts and Cultural Heritage Amendment on the ballot, heard the news on the morning of Nov. 9 that the amendment had passed by a very respectable 56% we were wildly elated!
Ms. Field creates paintings to “individually stand on their own as objects of contemplation, symbolism, and to evoke occasional questions … for the viewer.”