MINNESOTA’S ART REGIONS

Quick Links to City and County Studies:

St. Paul, Chisago County, Cook County, Duluth, Fergus Falls, Grand Rapids, Maple Grove and NW Suburbs, Mille Lacs County, Northfield, Pine City, Red Wing, St. Cloud, St. Louis Park, Virginia, White Bear Center for the Arts, Winona, Minneapolis

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Click the following links to look at the economic impact of the arts and culture in each of these eleven regions.

REGION 1

NORTHWEST REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau
Key Cities: Crookston, East Grand Forks, Thief River Falls, Roseau, Hallock, Ada

REGION 2

REGION 2 ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Beltrami, Hubbard, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen
Key Cities: Bemidji, Baudette, Park Rapids, Mahnomen, Bagley

REGION 3

ARROWHEAD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis
Key Cities: Duluth, Grand Marais, Ely, International Falls, Virginia, Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Cloquet, Moose Lake

City/County Studies Released in Region 3: Cook County, Duluth, Grand Rapids & Virginia

REGION 4

LAKE REGION ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin
Key Cities: Detriot Lakes, Morris, Alexandria, Fergus Falls, Moorhead

City Study Released in Region 4: Fergus Falls

REGION 5

FIVE WINGS ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, Wadena
Key Cities: Brainerd, Little Falls, Wadena, Long Prairie, Walker

REGION 6/8

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, Yellow Medicine
Key Cities: Willmar, Worthington, Marshall, Ortonville, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Windom

REGION 7E

EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine
Key Cities: Cambridge, Princeton, Onamia, Mora, Pine City, Sandstone, North Branch, Taylors Falls

City/County Studies Released in Region 7E: Pine City, Chisago & Mille Lacs Counties

REGION 7W

CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARTS BOARD

Counties: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright
Key Cities: St. Cloud, Foley, Elk River, Buffalo, Sauk Centre, Monticello

City Study Released in Region 7W: St. Cloud

REGION 9

PRAIRIE LAKES REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, LeSueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan
Key Cities: Mankato, New Ulm, North Mankato, St. Peter, Waseca, Fairmont

REGION 10

SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Winona
Key Cities: Rochester, Austin, Owatonna, Albert Lea, Winona, Red Wing, Northfield, Faribault, Lanesboro

City Studies Released in Region 10: Northfield, Red Wing, Winona

REGION 11

METROPOLITAN REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL

Counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington
Key Cities: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Anoka, Bloomington, Chaska, Lakeville, Stillwater

Studies Released in Region 11: St. Louis Park, St. Paul, Maple Grove & NW Suburbs, White Bear Center for the Arts, Minneapolis