The Region 2 Arts Council is accepting applications for its Season/Series Arts Support Grant to help arts organizations, and other nonprofit entities that do a high volume of arts activities or arts programming.
Donor Name: Region 2 Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Beltrami County (MN), Clearwater County (MN), Hubbard County (MN), Lake of the Woods County (MN), Mahnomen County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Each Season/Series Arts Support Grant assists an organization in funding the creation, production, and presentation of two or more arts activities to benefit the residents of Minnesota’s Beltrami, Hubbard, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen counties. Proposals must show a commitment to developing new/and or expanded arts programming from what the applicant organization has presented in the past. Additional attention should be paid to one or more of the following:
- Access – removing barriers that audiences may have to accessing arts activities
- Education – developing knowledge, skills, and understanding for the arts for Minnesotans of all ages
- Arts & Cultural Heritage – representing through the arts the diverse ethnic and cultural arts traditions in state building bridges between Minnesotans through arts and culture.
Funding Information
Maximum Award: $18,000.
Eligible Uses
- Art, craft, music, literary, dance, film, fashion, or theater festivals
- Engagement of guest artists, authors, or performers
- Public art projects
- Art, craft, music, literary, dance, film, fashion, theater, or traditional cultural arts workshops
- Arts exhibitions
- Arts presentations such as author readings, craft talks, demonstrations, etc.
- Music, theater, or dance performances
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Organizations (must have planned and executed at least 4 arts or arts and culture activities, programs, performances, projects or workshops accessible by the public within the 24 months prior to this application deadline)
- arts organizations
- 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 within the 5-county service area
- tribal government entities from Red Lake, Leech Lake, or White Earth Nations
- arts affiliate to a 501(c)3 host organization or other non-profit entity (such as a school, institution of higher learning, or city, town, county, or tribal government entity)
For more information, visit Region 2 Arts Council.
