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.
For more information, visit https://r2arts.org/2021/01/26/arts-access-grants-are-now-open-for-online-applications/