Five rural Minnesota communities have been selected for the 2026–2027 Engage Rural Civic Arts Cohort, where they will develop creative, arts-based strategies to strengthen civic engagement and community connection. Meet the teams from Braham, Carlton and Fond du Lac Reservation, Fairfax, Lanesboro, and Pelican Rapids.

DoPT hosts a session on Creative Cross-Sector Collaborations at the Reynolds Journalism Institute's Rural Revenue Transformation Workshop in Columbia, Missouri.

Department of Public Transformation is collaborating with Virginia Commission for the Arts, Randolph College, and Small Town Big Arts to launch the Virginia Small Town and Rural Arts (SARA) network pilot!