The Arts Partnership
Non-profit OrganizationsNorth Dakota, United States11-50 Employees
The Arts Partnership is a nonprofit umbrella organization for the arts based in Fargo, North Dakota. It centers on three aims—supporting local artists, advocating for the arts as part of a vibrant economy, and promoting a creatively enriched community. The organization advances its mission by sharing information about the arts, advocating for arts-related priorities, and providing grants to artists and arts organizations; its programs include Art WORKS, Community Supported Art, and the #SupportLocalArt campaign, and it runs Aptitude, an arts incubator inside West Acres mall that hosts 19 studio artists and is open to the public. The Arts Partnership traces its roots to the Lake Agassiz Arts Council, founded in 1970, and adopted its current name in 2009; it is based in Fargo. It communicates about the arts through multiple media channels and aims to engage across business, educational institutions, government, and the general public to broaden access to arts and culture; a notable recent development occurred in 2021 when Joy Harjo participated in programming associated with TAP at Plains Art Museum.