Upcoming Information Sessions for FY 2024 Grant Programs FY 2024 Grant Programs General Overview March 22, 12:00 p.m.March 23, 4:00 p.m. Creative Individuals Grant Program Information Session March 29, 12:00 p.m. The Arts Board will host three free, virtual information sessions in March. Each session will include dedicated time for live Q...
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Category Archives: Grant Workshops
Are You A Creator Who Loves Where You Live? Apply For Upstream Artist Fellows
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Do you love where you live? Are you an artist, a maker, a creative, or a culture bearer with a story to tell about your place? Are you always trying to get people to move to your town? Upstream Initiative announces an open call for the A Care for Place campaign! Supported...
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Minnesota State Arts Board “Open Office Hours”
Posted by SMACMeet with a Minnesota State Arts Board program officer during Creative Support for Individuals “open office hours” ⇒ Do you have a project idea, but you don’t know if it’s a good fit with the Creative Support grant program? ⇒ Do you have questions about the Creative Support for Individuals...
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Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals Grants
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The Arts Board is now taking applications for the fiscal year 2023 Creative Support for Individuals grant program. The next deadline for this program is before 4:30 p.m. on July 15th (for activities that take place March 2023 – February 2024). The grant range this year is $2,000 – $10,000. While similar to...
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SMAC Grant Changes for Fiscal Year 2023
Posted by SMACChanges to SW MN Arts Council grant programs for Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023) Click here to view our new grants calendar including deadlines, start dates, and webinar dates More flexibility & funding in grants for schools Arts in the Schools requests are no longer...
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SMAC Grants Q&A Sessions
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Learn about SW MN Arts Council (SMAC) grants for the coming year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), and get all of your questions answered. Funding is available for organizations, artists, schools, and youth in the SW MN region. There have been significant changes for this coming fiscal year,...
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Minnesota Humanities Center: Cultural Heritage Grants Now Open
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Minnesota Humanities Center View the pdf call Up to $75,000 for projects that create, celebrate, and teach the art, culture, and heritage of diverse Minnesota communities. Individuals and nonprofit organizations in Minnesota: • Asian and Pacific Island communities • Somali diaspora and other African immigrant communities • Indigenous communities with...
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Applications Open: Seeding Cultural Treasures
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Seeding Cultural Treasures: Apply Today Propel Nonprofits is thrilled to announce that the Seeding Cultural Treasures application form is now available at their website: propelnonprofits.org/capacity-building/seeding-cultural-treasures/. Applications are due on May 20, 2022. Seeding Cultural Treasures is an initiative to nourish the landscape of arts and culture organizations run by and for Black, Indigenous, and...
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Minnesota State Arts Board program officers will hold “open office hours” to answer questions about the FY 2023 Creative Support grant programs
Posted by SMACDo you have a project idea, but you don’t know if it’s a good fit? Are you new in your position and haven’t prepared an Arts Board grant application in the past? Do you have questions about the online application forms? Not even sure where to start? Arts Board program...
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2022 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships Open
Posted by SMACHere is a link to the application: https://mcad.submittable.com/submit 2022 Application Guidelines McKnight Fellowships for Visual Artists Administered by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design www.mcad.edu/mcknight FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW The goal of the McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships program is to identify talented Minnesota visual artists whose work is of exceptional artistic merit...
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