Board Application — Friends of the Arts

Board members serve 3-year terms with the ability to serve multiple consecutive terms. Meetings are held on the final Thursday of each month from 7-9pm. Board members are responsible for engaging in programming and strategic planning, advocacy, fundraising and organizational governance. While we are a flexible and accommodating group, we ask that all applicants understand and are able to make this time commitment before submitting an application.

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Home Address

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City

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Occupation

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What is your past professional experience?

What are your current and/or past organizational affiliations? (board member, volunteer, professional association, etc.)

Friends of the Arts is rooted in the beliefs that creativity is inherent in all people and is an essential part of healthy communities. We seek to use arts and culture as a tool for connecting people and communities, promoting individual and environmental health and wellbeing, enlivening public spaces, and advancing racial equity and inclusion. In what ways have arts and culture contributed to these areas of your life or your community?

What is most exciting to you about Friends of the Arts? What programs, projects, events or initiatives are you most interested in supporting and developing?

What would you like to get out of your experience on the board (e.g., what types of experiences, skills to develop, interests to cultivate, etc.)?

Other additional skills or experience not listed above?

Demographic Information

Friends of the Arts has made an organizational commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and to addressing disparities and inequities within our organization and community. We value diversity of interests, professional experience, skills, identity and lived experience among our board of directors, as it fosters a rich exchange of ideas and approaches to problem solving. We seek to develop a board of directors that is reflective of the diversity of our community and region. Please assist us in the efforts by providing the demographic information requested below to the best of your ability. Your responses to these questions are completely optional and will be shared only with the Friends of the Arts Executive Committee who is responsible for nominating new members to the board.

What is your age?

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Race/ethnicity: How do you identify?

Please select all that apply

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American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian or Asian American

Black or African American

Hispanic, Latino, Latina or Latinx

Middle Eastern or Northern African

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Another identity not listed here (please specify below)

Gender: how do you identify?

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Man

Non-binary

Woman

Another identity not listed here (please specify)

Do you identify as LGBTQIA2+?

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Yes

Do you identify as a person with a disability?

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Yes

Are there other parts of your identity that are important to you that you would like to share?

St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts Board of Directors Application