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Arts and Culture Commission
Mission
The City of Northfield's Arts and Culture Commission supports arts, culture and creative experiences as ways for us to connect with one another, with ideas, and within ourselves.
Vision
Northfield is a community which values, integrates, and engages in arts and cultural experiences - in all their diversity - throughout the fabric of civic life.
Land Acknowledgement Statement
We stand on the homelands of the Wahpekute Band of the Dakota Nation. We honor with gratitude the people who have stewarded the land throughout the generations and their ongoing contributions to this region. We acknowledge the ongoing injustices that we have committed against the Dakota Nation, and we wish to interrupt this legacy, beginning with acts of healing and honest storytelling about this place.
ACC Meetings
Second Monday of the month
6:00 p.m.
May 8, 2023 Agenda /DocumentCenter/View/16370
Northfield City Hall
Council Chambers
801 Washington St.
Agendas and minutes
Important documents and links
Board and Commission Rules of Business and Meeting Rules
Ordinance 1022- Established the ACC & 1% for the Arts
Art in Public Places Resolution 2017-073
Members
Name | Title | Term expiration |
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Martha Anderson | Vice Chair | December 31, 2024 |
George Brophy | Member | December 31, 2023 |
Paula Granquist | Chair | December 31, 2023 |
Leah Rich | Member | December 31, 2024 |
Anna Lisa Rustad | Member | December 31, 2025 |
VACANT | Member | December 31, 2025 |
Kate Woodstrup | Member | December 31, 2024 |
Cecilia Barojas Velezquex | Youth Representative (non-voting) | 2023-2024 school year |
Jade Dorantes | Youth Representative (non-voting) | 2023-2024 school year |
Genevieve Tassava | Youth Representative (non-voting) | 2023-2024 school year |
Carsten Walter | Youth Representative (voting) | 2023-2024 school year |
Contacting the commission
If you have questions or comments, you can email the commission. Each member will receive your email. When replying to your email, a commission member cannot reply to all members, only to you. This avoids violating the open meeting law.
Email the Arts and Culture Commission
Liaisons
For general information about the commission, please contact a staff liaison.
Name | Title | Phone number |
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Natalie Draper | Library Director | 507-645-1801 |
Kathy Rush Vizina | Administrative liaison | 507-645-1800 |
Overview
The Arts and Culture Commission advises the City Council about the development of arts and cultural activities, organizations, and facilities in Northfield. The Arts and Culture Commission was created by City Council in January 2007 following a recommendation from ArtsPlan06 which identified its mission. Its purpose is to assist Northfield in becoming a community in which arts and cultural activities:
- Are recognized as vital components of community life worthy of investment and support from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors
- Are valued and promoted for their economic benefits and development potential, especially in the downtown
- Include new ethnic groups in Northfield’s identity and sense of community
- Represent an integral part of Northfield’s educational mission and programs for young people
- Engage the talents and involvement of retirees and senior citizens
- Develop a wider array of opportunities for collaboration between faculty and student artists at the two colleges and community artists
- Cooperate to enhance the public perception of Northfield’s identity and quality of life in the community itself, the surrounding region, and beyond
Meetings are called by the chair. For transaction of business at any meeting, a majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
Membership requirements
Members are appointed by the mayor with the approval of the City Council.
Members, based on their willingness to serve and background, are appointed from various sectors of the community, including arts and cultural organizations, Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, local schools, business community, independent artists, and the community at large.
Applying
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You can apply to more than one board, commission or task force.
Apply for a board, commission, or task force
Applications are also available at:
City Hall
801 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057Northfield Public Library
210 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057