R2AC Fellowship Nominations Open

Today Region 2 has opened their fellowship nominations early! Instead of having to wait until August 1st to send in your nominations, you can now send them in anytime between now and September 1st when the nomination process ends. A Region 2 Arts Council fellowship is awarded to two artists with a maximum award amount of $6,000. If you have any inquiries please reach a member of staff at staff@r2arts.org or call (218)751-5447.

Nominations Process:

We are seeking self and outside nominations for dedicated and experienced artists who meet our award criteria. If you are an artist or if you know an artist who should be considered for a Fellowship award, please drop off, email, mail, text, send through messenger, or call us with your nomination. You can also visit www.r2arts.org on the R2AC fellowship page to find the application online.

As part of the nomination, please include:

The artist’s name

Their contact information (active email and/or phone number)

Their county of residence (if known)

Their art form (musician, jeweler, composer, writer, actor, sculptor, poet, painter, dancer, filmmaker, etc.)

What makes them a great candidate

As the nominator, please include:

Your name

Your contact information (active email and/or phone number)

Whether you’d like to remain anonymous to the review committee

Whether you’d like to remain anonymous to the artist you’ve nominated

After nominations have closed R2AC staff will solicit the nominated artists for an Artist Statement, Work Samples, and an Artist Bio or Resume. Two Artist Fellows will be selected by the Region 2 Arts Council Board of Directors from the nominated artists.

The R2AC Fellowship Award is made possible the by generous support of the McKnight Foundation to provide unfettered funding to individual artists to fuel their art in Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, and Lake of the Woods counties in Minnesota.