How much funding does MRAC: Next Step Fund Grant provide?

MRAC: Next Step Fund Grant provides Up to US $6,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for MRAC: Next Step Fund Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

MRAC: Next Step Fund Grant

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council

Foundation Grants for Arts Grants for Visual Artists

Funding Amount

Up to US $6,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

Open to applicants at any career stage, projects should reflect individual goals and career stages, fostering both advancement and maintenance of creative practice.

Other requirements

Applicants may be at any stage in their career, but must be able to provide samples of their own artwork.
Individual artists must have a primary residential address in:Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county.

Overview

The MRAC: Next Step Fund Grant, supported by the McKnight Foundation, offers project grants of up to $6,000 for artists across all disciplines. This initiative aims to assist artists in overcoming barriers to success, sustaining their artistic careers, and seizing future opportunities. Open to applicants at any career stage, projects should reflect individual goals and career stages, fostering both advancement and maintenance of creative practice.

Grant Program Purpose
The Next Step Fund is made possible with support from the McKnight Foundation and provides project grants up to $6,000 to artists in any arts discipline.
MRAC values artists at every stage in their development and in any artistic discipline. The Next Step Fund grant is designed for artists to propose a project that has the potential to help them overcome a barrier to success, sustain the continued success of their artistic career, and/or leverage an opportunity that could benefit their career in the future.
Proposed projects may range from plans that propel an artist’s career forward to projects designed to maintain an artist’s ability to create. Most importantly, projects should reflect the career stage of the applicant and be in alignment with their stated goals.

Eligibility

Applicants may be at any stage in their career, but must be able to provide samples of their own artwork. Individual artists must have a primary residential address in:Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county.