The Metro Regional Arts Council is thrilled to announce the Next Step Fund.
Donor Name: Metro Regional Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/27/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Details:
The Next Step Fund is made possible with support from the McKnight Foundation and provides project grants up to $6,000 to artists in any arts discipline. Applicants may be at any stage in their career, but must be able to provide samples of their own artwork. Individual artists must have a primary residential address in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county.
MRAC values artists at every stage in their development and in any artistic discipline. The Next Step Fund grant is designed for artists to propose a project that has the potential to help them overcome a barrier to success, sustain the continued success of their artistic career, and/or leverage an opportunity that could benefit their art career.
Proposed projects may range from plans that propel an artist’s career forward to projects designed to maintain an artist’s ability to create.
Eligibility Criteria
Individuals must be all of the following:
- Identify as an artist, working in any discipline, at any stage in their career, who have evidence of artistic output respective of their career stage.
- Individual artists must be able to submit work samples of their own artwork. Artists should have had decision-making authority over the artwork depicted in the work samples.
- Have a primary residential street address in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county for at least the 6 months prior to the application deadline (July 27, 2024 – January 27, 2025) and continue to reside in this region for the entirety of the project period. Please note: projects do NOT need to take place within the seven-county metro area or Minnesota, but applicants MUST reside in the seven-county metro area; P.O. Box addresses are not acceptable.
- Be at least 18 years of age on the grant deadline date.
For more information, visit MRAC.
