Our outgoing Executive Director Laura Zabel shares exciting news for Springboard, the Coalition, and a new partnership with the Knight Foundation!
June 4, 2026
By Springboard for the Arts
Minnesota’s artists aren’t that different from artists anywhere, but there are some unique parts of Minnesota’s ecosystem that explain the breadth and depth of the creative response to the federal immigration enforcement surge.
May 28, 2026
By Common Dreams
The regionally-based Artist Emergency Relief Fund Network assures that arts and culture workers are seen, valued, and supported, even when times are tough.
April 21, 2026
By Arts Midwest
40 artists across North and South Minneapolis built a network of small-scale, community driven projects offering creative ways to support climate action and understanding.
April 21, 2026
By Springboard for the Arts
After 21 years of leading Springboard for the Arts, Laura Zabel announces plans to pass the baton to a new Executive Director.
April 8, 2026
By Springboard for the Arts
Over 30,000 artists live in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota State Arts Board, from dancers and musicians to painters and crafters. Springboard for the Arts offers services to all of them.
March 30, 2026
By MPR News
Read the transcript from the Creative Change Coalition’s field conversation, “A Story for the Future: Narrative Strategy” featuring Ricardo Levins Morales, Trevor Smith, and Laura Zabel.
March 26, 2026
By Creative Change Coalition
“We expected to like Fergus Falls, but we really did fall in love with it. We really became very connected to it over the course of a month, and I wasn’t expecting that.”
March 24, 2026
By Mary Olson
“I think that you can engage and connect with people so much better through art than, really, almost any other means.”
March 10, 2026
By Mary Olson
In 2024, four Otter Tail County artists took part in a pilot program through Springboard for the Arts to draw attention to the idea of Guaranteed Income. Each created an art piece to showcase to the public with hopes of starting the conversation about Guaranteed Income and how it can help artists all across the state.
March 5, 2026
By Lakeland PBS
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