The Region 2 Arts Council Board of Directors recently granted $48,218 in Arts and Cultural Heritage funds to nonprofit organizations in the Bemidji area.
Beltrami Area Resiliency Team brings the community together over 100 cups of coffee
Over the past year, the Beltrami Area Resiliency Team has hosted 100 one-on-one conversations with community members sharing stories, concerns and ideas about the Bemidji community. These conversations involved 13 interview questions centered around community values, priorities, strengths, challenges and hopes for the future. 7:00 am, Apr. 28, 2021 ×
Wendy Thompson, executive director of Bemidji Area Service Collaborative, speaks to Sanford Health’s leadership team in Bemidji about the Beltrami Area Resiliency Team’s 100 Cups of Coffee project. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)
BEMIDJI While making decisions during a community event nearly two years ago, members of the Beltrami Area Resiliency Team gazed around the room and realized major groups of Beltrami County residents weren’t represented.
Art related events going on around the community
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Pioneer Staff Report | 7:40 am, Feb. 13, 2021 ×
BSU professor, photographer featured at MacRostie Art Center
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. Photography from Bemidji State University adjunct professor and photographer Monika Lawrence will be featured in MacRostie Art Center s February exhibitions.
MacRostie Art Center will host a Virtual Artist Talk event with Lawrence at 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, via Zoom, it is free and the public is invited to attend.
When photographer Monika Lawrence moved from Germany to northern Minnesota, she learned a lot about the long, cold winters. She also discovered a beauty and mystery in the monochrome, windblown snowscapes. “Beyond Whiteness” is a photographic series that captures her discovery of the joys and challenges of a Minnesota winter, the life that exists beneath the thick white blanket, and the people that call this region home, a release said.
Schools and non-profit organizations received the grants to support high-quality arts education.
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Enterprise staff | 12:00 pm, Feb. 9, 2021
The Region 2 Arts Council (R2AC) recently granted $22,823 in Arts and Cultural Heritage funds to schools and non-profit organizations. These grants support high-quality arts education that develops knowledge, skills and understanding of the arts for the benefit of Minnesotans of all ages across our five-county region.
Headwaters Music and Arts of Bemidji was awarded $2,973 to establish a production club for area youth to learn video, audio, and graphics production.
Clear Waters Life Center in Clearbrook and Gonvick was awarded $3,000 to offer two outdoor workshops, one teaching creative sidewalk design and poured cement creations, and another teaching found object sculpture welding and design.