The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council is seeking applications for its Next Step Fund to help artists complete a project focused on their individual artistic and/or professional development goals within an artistic discipline.
Donor Name: Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/09/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
Projects should outline strategies that will help the artist overcome barriers to success, sustain the continued success of their artistic career, and/or help them leverage an opportunity.
The Next Step Fund is made possible with support from the McKnight Foundation and provides project grants up to $5,000 to artists in any arts discipline. Applicants may be at any stage in their career, but must be able to provide work samples of their own artwork. Individual artists must have a primary residential address in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county.
Individual Eligibility
Individuals must be all of the following:
- Identify as an artist, working in any discipline, at any stage in their career, who have evidence of artistic output respective of their career stage.
- Individual artists must be able to submit work samples of their own artwork. Artists should have had decision-making authority over the artwork depicted in the work samples.
- Have a primary address in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county for at least the 6 months prior to the application deadline, and continue to reside in this region for the entirety of the project period. (Please note that projects do NOT need to take place within the seven-county metro area or Minnesota, but applicants MUST reside in the seven-county metro area.);
- Be at least 18 years of age on the grant deadline date.
For more information, visit Next Step Fund.