Individual Artist Grant

Maximum Award: $2,000
Opening Date for Online Application: December 15, 2022
Due Date: January 15, 2023 by 11:45 pm
Review Date: February 15, 2023
Approval Date: February 23, 2023
Earliest Start Date: March 13, 2023

The R2AC Individual Artist Grant Program, made available with funding from the McKnight Foundation, provides financial assistance to artists in any arts discipline or in any stage of their career as an artist. This grant offers funding for costs associated with the exhibition, performance, or production of a creative work; purchase of materials or equipment necessary for a creative work; educational opportunities; mentorships; and proposals for career-enhancing projects or opportunities for specific artistic projects that will take place within the next 18 months. Artists can apply for grants up to $2,000.

Watch a video about how to create an account on our grants portal
or jump right in and create an account and apply online

Helpful Videos
Intro to Individual Artist Grant (10 min)
Work Samples (15 min)
Artist Resume/Bio (10 min)
Budget (10 min)

Eligibility
Eligible artists must be 18 years or older, in any stage of their artistic career, and reside in Beltrami, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, or Mahnomen County. Check out the eligibility questions. If you can answer true to all these questions, then you should be eligible to apply. If you answer false to one of the questions, or have questions of your own, contact us to discuss eligibility.

The Grant Application
The online grant application will ask a series of questions – eligibility questions, questions about demographics which we use for reporting to the Minnesota State Arts Board and the McKnight Foundation, and questions based on our scoring criteria. This is a project-based grant and you will need to provide an estimated budget for your project (Download the Individual Artist Grant Budget Template). 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 statement, and artist resumes.

2023 Individual Artist Application (Sample only – cannot be submitted – only online submissions are accepted)

Last Year’s Information Session on the application process (recording)

View pdf of sample answers from funded Individual Artist Grants