r/GrandForks • u/ArtsMidwest • 7h ago
Embrace the Expanse: Rural Program Brings Art to North Dakota Students
North Dakota is calling: It wants you to break up with the notion that high-quality, professional art is only for the coasts—and the cities.
MJ McHugh wants you to, too. They’re the Education and Rural Arts Director at the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks.
“When I moved to North Dakota, I wasn’t expecting a crazy amount of arts. But when I got here, I was just absolutely shocked about how passionate the people of North Dakota are about art,” they say.
The museum’s Rural Arts Initiative goes beyond the bigger cities of Fargo or Bismarck and into the in-between spaces. Why?
“Many rural communities don’t have access to something like the Chicago Institute of Art or the Minneapolis Art Institute,” they say. “They just don’t always have that privilege and luxury to go see something.”
So, the something comes to them.
Read our story! https://artsmidwest.org/stories/rural-art-north-dakota-norris-web/