Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Grant
for Individuals
Maximum Award: $1,000
Opens: September 1st 2024*
Due: November 1st 2024
Grant Review by AAI Council: December 11th 2024
Earliest Start Date: January 15th 2025
Application is open to artists and culture bearers who are enrolled tribal members or descendants living in the Minnesota counties of Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, and Roseau.
*Online and Paper Applications are available
All arts disciplines welcome. This grant offers funding for costs associated with the exhibition, performance, or production of a creative work, purchase of materials or equipment to create works of art, educational opportunities in the arts (excluding academic credit), and proposals for projects or opportunities to enhance the career of an artist.
Watch a video about how to create an account
or jump in and create an account and apply online
or use our Paper Grant Application – print, fill out, and send in the mail to:
Region 2 Arts Council
PO Box 693
Bemidji, MN 56619
You can also stop by our office inside the Watermark Art Center and pick up a paper grant application or call, email, or text us your mailing address and we will send you a paper grant application.
The Grant Application
The grant application will ask a series of questions such as eligibility questions, demographics questions, and questions based on our scoring criteria of Artistic Quality, Commitment to Artistic Growth, and Planning and Management. There are also pieces needed for the grant application which you should gather before you apply, such as work samples (Work Sample Submission Policy), an artist resume or bio, and a budget.
Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Online Grant Application (Sample only – cannot be submitted)