Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota
Sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota
Regional Arts Councils
The Forum of Regional Arts Councils is a consortium of the eleven regional arts councils that serve all Minnesota counties, providing continuous improvement of the councils through implementation of best practices in programming, management and leadership development, and information for Minnesota artists and organizations.
The voting membership of the RAC Forum consists of the primary staff person for each of the designated eleven regional arts councils of Minnesota. RAC Forum activities include, but are not limited to:
Planning and preparation of joint applications to private or public funders
Development of the biennial budget request to the state legislature for regional arts development
Planning regional arts participation in activities to inform the state legislature about the arts in Minnesota
Developing and carrying out activities jointly with the Minnesota State Arts Board and/or Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
Developing and carrying out joint activities designed to promote regional arts development across the state, such as conferences for local arts volunteers
Assisting individual regional arts council staff in understanding general regional arts council policies and activities, and in solving particular problems relating to them
Conducting joint activities to develop the skills of regional arts council staff, councils, and committees
Minnesota's unique, decentralized system of regional arts councils disseminates state and other funding for local arts projects, arts in education residencies, general operating support for organizations and other local arts activities.
Region 1: Northwest Minnesota Arts Council. Counties: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau.
Region 2: R2Arts. Counties: Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen.
Region 3: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. Counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis.
Region 4: Lake Region Arts Council. Counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin.
Region 5: Five Wings Arts Council. Counties: Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, Wadena.
Regions 6E, 6W, 8: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council. Counties: Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln, Lac qui Parle, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, Yellow Medicine.
Region 7E: East Central Regional Arts Council. Counties: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine.
Region 7W: Central Minnesota Arts Board. Counties: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright.
Region 9: Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council. Counties: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, LeSueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan.
Region 10: Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. Counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Mower, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Winona.
Region 11: Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington.
