Ways to Get Involved
By making a gift, you help build a stronger public arts presence in Greater Grand Forks while shining a light on local artistic talent and encouraging a more socially connected and civically engaged community. Your gifts support little and big community events like ArtFest, Art & Wine Walks, City Artist Exhibits & Receptions, partner gallery spaces, the Northern Arts marketplace, and will help us develop an interactive public arts & performers registries to connect the community at large with the visual, literary, and performing arts.
Be the voice for a more colorful community through the arts. Your gift helps build a better life for all who live here or experience us!
To make a donation by check, please make your check payable to:
Public Arts Commission, PO Box 5330, Grand Forks, ND 58206
Artists
City Artist & Gallery Exhibit Program
The Public Arts Commission provides local artists opportunities to consign, exhibit, display and sell their art works. Local artists who are interested in creating a high-quality exhibit of their art works, if chosen, will receive support and direction from a professional artistic director to help curate or create their original exhibit.
PAC cultivates and keeps a local artist registry of artists from the region and works to connect the artists and their works with potential collectors.
Artist works and exhibition visions are shared with the Mayor of Grand Forks. The Mayor and first lady choose an awardee quarterly, and host an opening reception and provide city hall exhibition space for the artists work to be seen by visitors of the Grand Forks City Hall. Artists are also chosen with PAC gallery partners - Altru Professional Park and the Alerus Center. Selected artists receive exhibition space and an opening reception.
All artists interested in selling their art may consign their art works with the Public Arts Commission. Any art works not on exhibit are listed on PAC’s online commerce and web-site.
The initiative is branded and artworks are marketed as Northern Arts Marketplace by PAC.
Greater Grand Forks ArtFest
The 2024 ArtFest will take place at University Park, June 8th & 9th. Performing Artists, Artist Vendors, and
Greater Grand Forks Public Arts Collection
The Public Arts Commission will soon begin to create a usable registry of all local public art sculptures and murals. While the Greater Grand Forks public arts collection is owned and maintained by several different entities — we see opportunity to help showcase all public art of the area and help residents and visitors connect with it.
The collection will be photographed, researched and provided updated written materials. PAC is working with UND students through internships to help gather information and to update it.
Greater Grand Forks Performers Registry
Coming soon. The Public Arts Commission will establish a digital registry of local performers and musicians that are interested and available to perform. Performers can register here and PAC will assist those wanting to create unique experiences by connecting them to local artists that can make it happen.
Public Art Sculpture & Murals (New)
If you or your organization or business would like assistance in creating public art unique to your desires, PAC can assist by connecting you to regional artists, as well in the public art process from concept to completion. Some examples of how PAC can help with new public art include but is not limited to the following:
Requests for qualifications (local, state, international) or for Artist Proposals (local, state, international); manage / facilitate the artist selection process with a committee; coordinate public art builds with all partners (city, parks, donors, landowners, etc.) and ensure city guidelines /requirements for public art sculpture & murals are followed.
Public Art donations are accepted through PAC. PAC can and does own some public art.
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