Region 2 Arts Council announces Arts Access Grants

Deadline: 15-Mar-21

The Region 2 Arts Council is seeking applications for its Arts Access Grants that are open to government offices, tribal entities, or groups formed for nonprofit purposes with a fiscal sponsor to fund the creation, production, and presentation of high-quality arts activities, as well as projects that help overcome barriers to accessing high-quality arts activities, and projects that help instill the arts into the community and public life in the region.

Funds can be used for a variety of arts projects and programming including costs associated with public art, arts festivals, engagement of guest artists, arts field trips, workshops, exhibitions, presentations, or performances.

Eligible proposals must show a commitment to expanding audiences by removing barriers to participation, and must be realistic, adaptive, and adherent to state-mandated COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines.

Funding Information

Maximum Award: $6,000.

Eligibility Criteria

501c3 Arts Organizations may submit up to one operating support grant and one arts project grant, or two arts project grant applications in this grant round.
The following nonprofit entities may submit up to two arts project grant applications in this grant round:
- Schools (parochial schools are ineligible);
- Community education programs;
- Institutions of higher learning (colleges or universities);
- Non-profits providing arts programming;
- Local city, town, county government entities;
- Tribal government entities;
- Arts organizations;
- Groups without 501(c)3 nonprofit tax status must be formed for non-profit purposes, must have the equivalent of a governing body similar to a board of directors or advisory council, and must use a Minnesota-based non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization, or other tax-exempt entity such as a school, institution of higher learning, or city, town, county, or tribal government as a fiscal sponsor.