about us

Mission

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council’s mission is to create a healthy art and cultural ecosystem by offering support and resources for artistic professional development and equitable access for arts organizations and individuals to benefit all communities.

Vision

A thriving arts community exists in the Arrowhead Region through resources and opportunities for all arts organizations and individuals.

Values

• Inclusion

• Support

• Creativity

• Community

• Sustainability

Goal

Fostering a higher quality of life in the Arrowhead Region by promoting equitable access to and development of the arts.

Service Area

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council serves individual artists, nonprofit arts organizations, informal arts groups, community education organizations, and non-arts nonprofit organizations, which reside in one of the following seven counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis, and/or one of the following five Tribal Nations: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (District II).

The region comprises 22% of the state’s geography and serves a population of approximately 340,000 people or 6% of the state’s total population.

As one of the 11 regional arts councils in Minnesota, ARAC’s funding is derived from appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature, with money from the State’s general fund and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (Legacy Amendment) as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature, with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. ARAC also receives a generous grant from The McKnight Foundation.