The Visual Arts Fund will award $60,000 ($5,000 and $10,000 grants) to artist organized projects in the Twin Cities metro region.
Donor Name: Midway Contemporary Art
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $60,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul is one of thirty-two metro areas included in Warhol’s Regional Regranting Program, which is aimed at promoting vibrant artistic activity in cities across the United States.
Proposals must name a lead organizer, but can include any number of artists as collaborators; individuals or groups may apply. The VAF supports the development of projects and initiatives that engage the public with visual art and seeks to support a wide array of innovative and diverse projects that otherwise might not occur.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must function primarily within a visual arts context (rather than performing arts, music, literature, or other arts). Projects can have interdisciplinary elements but must have a strong basis in the visual arts.
- A publicly accessible component of the project must take place within the Twin Cities seven-county metro region.
- Projects must be artist-organized and self-initiated; 501c3s, incorporated businesses, and students* are not eligible to apply (*PhD students are eligible).
- Projects cannot charge admission or other fees to the public or to participants.
- Projects cannot start before January 1, 2023 and must be completed by June 30, 2024.
- The Lead organizer must play a key role in the creation and execution of the project and live within the seven-county Twin Cities Metro region (Hennepin, Scott, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, Carver, and Washington counties); additional collaborators can live anywhere.
- Lead organizers do not need to be U.S. Citizens, but must have social security numbers in order to receive payment.
- Lead organizers may only submit one application per application round.
- Lead organizers of projects funded through past granting cycles are only eligible to apply for a 2022 VAF grant if their grant period has ended, their project has been completed and they have submitted their final survey by the close of the application.
What They Fund
- Projects that have a publicly accessible component
- Projects could include exhibitions or installations held in temporary spaces, new publications, a series of events or performances, digital initiatives, public art projects, and other activities that are related to the visual arts.
What They Do Not Fund
- An individual artist presenting exclusively their own work
- Projects that are part of the programming of a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization
- Projects at a commercial gallery
- Projects that do not offer an opportunity for free public engagement.
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