Ten Northfield artists to receive “Artists on Main Street” grants

The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) was recently awarded a two-year $30,000 grant by Minnesota Main Street, a division of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, to fund an “Artists on Main Street” initiative in Downtown Northfield. The Artists on Main Street funding inspired the NDDC, the Northfield Arts Guild and the City of Northfield’s ArtsContinue reading “Ten Northfield artists to receive “Artists on Main Street” grants”

Call for artists to design downtown banners

The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) and the City of Northfield Arts and Culture Commission are sponsoring a competition for artists to design a street banner that will be hung on lamp-posts along Division Street and Water Street in downtown Northfield. These banners will be seen by thousands of visitors and residents annually. The winningContinue reading “Call for artists to design downtown banners”

First Friday Art Night May 3

5:00pm                     #Clay Northfield@ Northfield Arts Guild and Carleton College. Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Divison St  S until 6:00pm. Weitz Center for Creativity @Carleton College, 320 3rd St East until 9pm. Inspired by the choice of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) to hold their 2019 conference in Minneapolis, the Northfield ArtsContinue reading “First Friday Art Night May 3”

New Executive Director to begin work May 1

The NDDC has hired a new Executive Director! Greg Siems has accepted the part-time position and will begin his duties on May 1, 2019. Siems was most recently the Assistant Director of the Institute for Freedom & Community at St. Olaf College. Prior to that he was the Director of Vision 2020 in Austin, Minnesota,Continue reading “New Executive Director to begin work May 1”

First Friday Art Night April 5

April 5, 2019 5:00pm                 #Clay Northfield@ Northfield Arts Guild and Carleton College Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St S until 6:00pm Weitz Center for Creativity @Carleton College, 320 3rd St East until 9pm Inspired by the choice of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) to hold their 2019 conference inContinue reading “First Friday Art Night April 5”