The North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) recently awarded $832,413 in nine grant programs for fiscal year 2024. NDCA’s fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 the following year. Recipients include several from the Jamestown region.

Grant programs include: Artist in Residence, Arts in Education Collaboration, Community Arts Access Tier 1 & Tier 2, Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, Institutional Support, Individual Artist Fellowship, Letters of Agreement, Professional Development and Special Projects. Many programs are designed with a single spring application deadline, while others — such as Professional Development and Special Projects — offer ongoing deadlines with funds available until they have been depleted.

Applications were evaluated by grant review panels and subject to approval by NDCA’s board of directors.

Grants awarded in the Jamestown region include:
Artist in Residence (rolling deadline)
Ellendale: Ellendale High School, Ali LaRock, visual arts, $1,500
Litchville: Litchville-Marion Elementary School, Linda Roesch, visual arts, $1,598
Community Arts Access Tiers 1 and 2
Fessenden: Wells County Fair Free Stage, artist booths and cultural performances, $4,000
Jamestown: Bluegrass Association of North Dakota, Missouri River Bluegrass Festival, $3,500
Oakes: Oakes Public School, Missouri Children’s Theatre 2 023, $1,700
Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
Kulm: Jeffrey Malm (master artist), Bradley Haas (apprentice), Ashley, Germans from Russia iron crosses, $2,900
Valley City: Jed Anderson (master artist), Owen Tichy (apprentice), Tower City, bladesmithing, $3,430

Institutional Support
Jamestown: Jamestown Choralaires, operating support, $3,831; Jamestown Fine Arts Association, operating support, $9,986
New Rockford: Dakota Prairie Regional Center for the Arts, operating support, $9,719
Valley City: Bridges Arts Council, operating support, $4,648