Apply for Mid-Career Project Grant Program (US)

Deadline: 3-Oct-22

The Forecast Public Art is now accepting applications for its Mid-Career Project Grant Program to support the creation of new, publicly accessible, temporary or permanent artwork anywhere in the state of Minnesota by a Minnesota-based mid-career public artist.

The Mid-Career Project Grant is funded by The McKnight Foundation. Projects may be in any form or discipline, including performance, dance, storytelling, photography, film, sculpture, painting, and more.

Goals

To fund new public art in MN that would be difficult to fund by other means. Commissions and client-based work are not eligible.
To support the development of MN-based public artists, giving public artists the chance to innovate and expand skills, range, or recognition.
To support artist-initiated public art projects, providing an opportunity for artists to actualize work they conceive and lead.

Funding Information

Grant Amount: Five grants, $10,000 each
Duration: Mid-Career Project Grant has an 18-month timeline.

Eligibility Criteria

Forecast’s grants support public art and public art-related activities. Forecast defines public art broadly to support a range of processes, formats, and contexts.
Applicants must be in the appropriate career stage for the opportunity for which they apply – either mid-career or early-career.
An artist may only apply for one grant from Forecast during an annual grant cycle. Applicants who apply during the summer for the McKnight Project Grant cannot apply for other grants in the fall of the same year. Fall applicants can only apply for 1 grant opportunity.
Applicant must be a resident of Minnesota, having physically lived in the state for 12 of the past 24 months, and remain a resident throughout the project period.
Applicant’s project must be original and not duplicate previous work. Forecast grants do not support remounts or reinstallations, projects that begin prior to the start of the grant year, or projects that are ongoing.
No ticket sales or fees may be charged; all events and installations must be freely accessible.
Organizations and Forecast Public Art staff, Board, and Committee members are not eligible.
Students in K-12 educational programs or enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs are not eligible.
Projects may be additionally supported by public or nonprofit agencies, or through in-kind sources, however, private commissions are not eligible.
Former grantees with outstanding final reports cannot be considered for additional Forecast grant funding until all final reports have been submitted and approved.
An artist is not eligible to receive a project grant from Forecast in two consecutive years.