Kristin Eggerling 11/1/21 Kristin Eggerling 11/1/21

Individual Artist Grants of $1,500 have a November 15 Deadline

Individual Artist Grants of $1,500 have a November 15 deadline

Grant money is available from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council for performing artists, visual artists, media artists, and creative writing artists from our seven county Minnesota service area including Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau counties.

This is the main category that individuals use to support their artistic business or advance their technical skills. This category is for non-hobby artists who make substantial yearly income from their art. Grants are awarded annually with $1,500 going to four individuals. Support for this program comes from The McKnight Foundation. The deadline is November 15th for $1,500 level applicants.

Also available on a first come-first served basis are Quick Turn Around Grants for $500. These grants can be used for artistic training, arts marketing, and equipment purchases related to creating a body of artistic work, as well as recent loss of income from canceled gigs, due to the pandemic. Use the Quick Turn Around application in the Individual Artist grants.

Kristin Eggerling 10/27/21 Kristin Eggerling 10/27/21

Artist Spotlight featuring Artists from our Artists of NW MN Booklet

Our exhibit at NCTC features artists who have a listing in our Artists of Northwest Minnesota Booklet. Trey and Kristin recently held a StreamYard discussion with 2 artists in our exhibit. Dennis Kinkead is a sculptor from Hallock who works with metal art. Paulette Christianson is a visual artist from Badger and works in a variety of mediums. Listen to the discussion to hear about how they create their work and their inspiration!

Kristin Eggerling 10/25/21 Kristin Eggerling 10/25/21

Applications Open for Fellowship Programs through the Playwrights’ Center

Applications are open for the fellowship programs at Playwrights' Center. This includes the Many Voices Mentorship, McKnight Fellowship and Playwriting, and McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship, which are for specifically Minnesota artists.

-The Jerome Fellowship supports early career writers from anywhere in the country, who spend a year in Minneapolis developing their work and careers (deadline November 4)

-The Many Voices Fellowship supports specifically early career BIPOC writers from around the country coming to Minneapolis to develop new work (deadline November 18)

-The McKnight National Residency and Commission provides resources and a commission to an established non-Minnesota writer to create a new play (deadline December 2)

-The McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting supports mid-career/established Minnesota-based playwrights (deadline December 9)

-The Core Writer Program supports professional playwrights from anywhere in the US for three years, including development support and career resources (deadline January 20)

-The McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship supports theater artists other than playwrights with a $25,000 stipend and career support. (deadline March 31)