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Regional Arts Councils

In addition to its statewide grantmaking and fellowship programs, The McKnight Foundation helps fund the state's 11 regional arts councils, or RACs, which were established by the Minnesota Legislature in 1977 to encourage local art and cultural activity throughout the state.

From 1981 to 2010, McKnight provided funding to the regional arts councils for regranting to small, community-based arts organizations and individual artists within their regions. Since 2010, the RACs have directed all McKnight funding to support individual artists. For the latest information, visit the RAC in your area.


Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
www.ARACouncil.org
Duluth, 800-569-8134
Counties served: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis

Central Minnesota Arts Board
www.centralmnartsboard.org
Foley, 320-968-4290
Counties served: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright

East Central Arts Council
www.ecrac.org
Braham, 320-396-2337
Counties served: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine

Five Wings Arts Program
www.fwac.org
Staples, 218-894-5485
Counties served: Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena

Lake Region Arts Council
www.lrac4.org
Fergus Falls, 800-262-2787
Counties served: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
www.mrac.org
St. Paul, 651-645-0402
Counties served: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, suburban Hennepin, suburban Ramsey, Scott, and Washington

Northwest Minnesota Arts Council
www.nwrdc.org/arts.htm
Warren, 218-745-9111
Counties served: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau

Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council
www.plrac.org
Waseca, 800-298-1254
Counties served: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, and Watonwan

Region 2 Arts Council
www.r2arts.org
Bemidji, 218-751-5447
Counties served: Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen

Southeast Minnesota Arts Council
www.semac.org
Rochester, 507-281-4848
Counties served: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona

Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council
www.smahc.org
Marshall, 800-622-5284
Counties served: Big Stone, Cottonwood, Chippewa, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Noble, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, and Yellow Medicine