The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) developed the Mid-Career Artist Program with McKnight Foundation funding to provide financial support to artists committed to personal artistic growth.
Donor Name: East Central Regional Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Chisago County (MN), Isanti County (MN), Kanabec County (MN), Mille Lacs County (MN), Pine County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Applications must be made for a specific art project designed to: enhance your artistic skills, artwork, experimentation, collaboration, or art business career. Projects may be in any art form or discipline.
Funding Information
The grant request for ECRAC Mid-Career Artist Grants can be up to $3,600.
Grants can be Funded
The following are examples of individual artist projects and are not meant to be limiting or all
inclusive:
- Money to Produce Artwork. Those materials and/or services necessary for the completion of new work or works of art. This does include time to work (for example, an applicant’s time in the project).
- Money to Present Artwork. Costs involved in the arrangement of a visual arts exhibit, portfolio production, composer or musician demo production, or film/video.
- Money to Learn. Costs involved in training or mentoring with a renowned professional artist excluding college or university courses for credit. Workshops are eligible.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant may be any mid-career individual artist or culture bearer who is a permanent resident (for at least 6 months) in one of the five Minnesota counties of: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine, or the sovereign Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe lands. The applicant must be at least 18 years of age. The applicant must be either a U.S. citizen, or have attained permanent resident status. The applicant must not have any outstanding or unacceptable final reports with ECRAC. Applicants must use the ECRAC grant application form online. The Mid-Career Artist applicant must not have received ECRAC’s McKnight funding for two years (Example: FY 2023 ECRAC/McKnight grantees are not eligible again until FY 2025.) Culture bearers are considered artists by ECRAC.
For more information, visit ECRAC.
