Countdown to January 15th Deadline!

  • Arts & Cultural Heritage Grants for Small Towns (requests up to $6000 accepted)
  • Individual Artist Grants (requests up to $2000 accepted)

Create a login at r2arts.org
Contact staff@r2arts.org for support and to review your application
Submit by January 15, 2016 by 11:59 pm.

Small Towns Grants: Non-profit organizations and groups formed for non-profit purposes located in towns with a population under 2,000 in Minnesota’s Beltrami, Hubbard, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen counties are eligible to apply. Thank you to the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund!

Individual Artist Grants: Artists must be 18 years and older and reside in the five-county Region 2 area at least six months out of the calendar year. Individual Artist Grants provide financial assistance for the exhibition, performance, or production of a specific creative work, mentoring with a more experienced artist, participation in not-for-credit arts experiences.  Thank you to the McKnight Foundation for funding this grant opportunity!

Award Results will be available following the grant review on February 16, 2016. Grants may not include costs incurred prior to the review date.

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