Quick Support for Artists provides artists with up to $1,000 for activities such as purchasing supplies, attending classes, and small artist-led community projects.
Donor Name: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $1,000
Details:
The Quick Support for Artists grant program provides artists with more quickly accessible funds for activities such as creating or sharing work, attending classes, and small artist-led community projects. All arts disciplines are accepted, and artists at any stage of their career may apply.
Eligible project types include:
- Artist-focused projects
- Community-focused projects
- Connect with your community to help them experience art in a new way, developing knowledge, skills, and understanding of the arts
Funding Information
Quick Support for Artists grants are available for up to $1,000. Grant funding counts toward your taxable income.
Who Can Apply?
- Geographic Area and Residency
- The Quick Support for Artists grant program is open to permanent residents within the eighteen counties of the SW MN Arts Council service region (Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties) or on tribal lands within their service area. They acknowledge that this region occupies the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of the Dakota people, who have stewarded these lands throughout the generations.
- Applicants must be a region resident for at least six months prior to submitting an application and remain a resident throughout the contract period. Applicants may be asked to provide proof of residency, which must be demonstrated by the following, each showing an eligible address: 1) A valid MN state ID/driver’s license or other federally recognized documentation and 2) Bills for utilities or mortgage/rent.
- Age Requirement
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old by the time of signing their grant contract.
- Other SMAC Grants for Individuals
- Artists may only have one pending SMAC grant request at a time, across all grant programs for individuals. Artists with a current SMAC grant project in progress may not apply for another individual grant until reporting on the first grant is completed. Applicants with overdue final reports are not eligible to apply.
- Conflicts of Interest
- Artists who will be acting as grant review panelists in a particular round cannot apply in that round. SMAC Board Members are not eligible to apply during their tenure on the Board or until two years following their resignation from the Board. SMAC staff and the immediate family members (children, parents, or spouse/partner) of SMAC staff or SMAC Board members are ineligible to apply.
For more information, visit SMAC.