Deadline: 13-Jan-21
The Southwest Minnesota Arts Council is inviting applications for the Established Career Artist Grants Program to aid established career artists in the advanced stage of their career development with projects that will advance their career.
The Established Career Artist category of the Individual Artist grant program is designed to aid professional artists who have held significant solo shows, performances or have been published in significant publications (i.e., peer reviewed or professionally edited publications).
Projects may include but are not limited to:
- Purchase of supplies necessary to complete a body of work
- Compensated time for work on a specific body of work
- Day care costs while working on a specific body of work
- One-on-one study with a mentor
- Attendance at workshops or conferences for professional or artistic development
- Rental of facilities for presenting work or for studio space
- Research
- Portfolio production
- Framing
- Recording
- Editing or other costs related to publishing
Funding Information
Up to $7,000 in funding, no match required.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Individual Artist grant program is open to permanent residents within the eighteen counties of the SMAC 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 the 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.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old by the time of signing their grant contract. Applicants must also have no outstanding final reports due to SMAC. An artist may not apply for a second project that runs concurrently with another SMAC-funded individual artist grant project.
For more information, visit https://swmnarts.org/grants/smac-grants-for-individual-artists/individual-artists-career-legacy-grants/