Northwest Minnesota Arts Council announces grant application deadline – Grand Forks Herald
WARREN, Minn. – Organizations interested in applying for grants, ranging from $500 to $10,000, from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, must submit applications by Feb. 28, according to an announcement from the council.
Nonprofit art organizations, communities, schools and other nonprofit organizations in the council’s service area, which covers Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau counties, are eligible to apply.
These organizations can apply for one arts project at a time.
The funding sources for these grants are Clean Water, Land and Legacy funds and general allocation funds from the state of Minnesota.
Organizations’ arts activities that may be funded through these sources include festivals, community theater projects, folk music entertainment, sponsorship of visual demonstrations, creative writing workshops and many other activities that enhance the quality of life in northwest Minnesota.
Schools in the arts council’s seven-county service area can also apply for an Artist Residency grant of $2,600, plus an additional $400, if needed, for supplies.
The council maintains a roster of teaching artists in its service area; to review this list, go to
www.NorthwestMinnesotaArtsCouncil.org
and click on the artists tab. Another source of teaching artists is available at
www.compas.org
; click on “Find an Artist.”
Schools can initially apply for one residency. Based on remaining funding, they can request up to three additional residencies into spring and summer. Funding for residency activities comes from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment in Minnesota.
Also available, on a first-come-first-served basis, are Quick Turnaround Grants for $500. These grants are awarded to performing artists, visual artists, media artists and creative writers in the council’s service area.
For more information on these grant programs and to start the grant application process, visit
www.NorthwestMinnesotaArtsCouncil.org
. The process is conducted completely online; the council’s director, Mara Hanel, can provide step-by-step assistance on how to navigate it.
Hanel can be reached by email,
, or call (218) 745-8886.
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