McKnight Artist Residencies Consortium

Amount: $720,000 awarded to ACA to design and implement consortium program over first three years; supports up to 98 McKnight Artist Fellows with residency opportunities

Geographic Scope: Minnesota-based artists; national and international residency partners

Eligibility:

• McKnight Artist Fellows (Minnesota-based mid-career artists)
• McKnight Artist Fellowships provide $25,000 in unrestricted support plus discipline-specific professional development
• 14 different creative disciplines

Program Goals:

• Build equitable capacity in artist communities field
• Connect McKnight Artist Fellows with national and international residency opportunities
• Support development of residency environments where any artist can thrive
• Pathways for historically underrepresented artists in residency field

What Program Provides:

• Access to residency space where artists can focus on creative practice
• Collaboration opportunities with fellow artists
• Experimentation with new media, materials, and ideas
• Participating residencies receive resources and guidance on assessing/building equitable capacity
• Peer working group participation for residency partners
• Training on ACA's Healthy Residency Framework

Partner Network: 20 residency partner sites in first three years; ACA's international network includes 400 programs in 50 U.S. states and 24 countries

Application Process

For Residency Programs:

• Residency programs invited to apply to participate as partner sites
• Programs must be ACA members or members of ACA network
• Interested organizations should contact: info@artistcommunities.org

For McKnight Artist Fellows:

• Eligible through McKnight Foundation's McKnight Artist Fellowships Program
• Application managed through program partner organizations that administer fellowships
• Fellowships structured to respond to unique challenges of different disciplines

Resources Provided to Partners:

• Peer working group participation
• Dedicated training on ACA's Healthy Residency Framework
• Guidance on assessing and building equitable capacity