Archive: Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships

Applications for Tofte Lake Center’s 5 different artist residencies open December 1 and close December 31 – just in time for the new year!

2025 Residencies

• Two Individual Artist Residencies: These residencies are focused on individual artists and/or small collaborative teams of all disciplines who wish to create work in community with other artists in all stages of their career.
• National Emerging Artists Program: 10-day residency focused on emerging artists and/or small collaborative teams of all disciplines who wish to create among other emerging artists from around the United States.
• MN BIPOC Artist Residency: This week-long residency provides space for 6 BIPOC artists of any discipline to retreat and create in community. The residency balances personal work time with group interaction and optional sharing of work or performance, as well as time for play and rejuvenation.
• Arts Educators Residency: This week-long residency provides space for 6 artist educators to center themselves and their work as artists first and get the well-deserved rest and rejuvenation they need.
• Family Artist Residency: This week-long residency for Minnesota parent artists offers the opportunity for single-parent artists and artists who wish to bring their spouse/partner and 1-2 children. The residency enables these artists to focus on their work while the children enjoy age-appropriate, supervised activities onsite and in town.

Apply now for Next Step Fund, with grants up to $6,000 for artists at any stage in their career. Applications due January 27, 2025. Find a list of other key dates, including in-person Q&A, on our website.

The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council’s 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. 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.

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28 – March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

Apply Here.

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28–March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

Apply Here

Full and partial scholarships are available for all MNIDF 2024 Workshops October 21-25. Please join us for free classes with special guests Wattanak Dance Troupe, Khumae Urban Ballet, and Roza Lay. Dancers ages 18+ of all backgrounds and level of experience are encouraged to apply for one or all of the following classes.

10:00-11:30am: Cambodian Dance
Wattanak Dance Troupe – Classical technique inspired by nature.

11:30am-1:00pm: Khmer Dance
Khmae Urban Ballet – Royal origins to modern expressions.

1:30-3:00pm: Lakhon Khoal
Roza Lay – High-energy dance drama.

Applications for full scholarships will be accepted through Sunday, October 20 and partial scholarships will be available throughout the festival ending Friday, October 25.

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28 – March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

Apply Here

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024.
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28 – March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

Apply Here

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28 – March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28 – March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

Apply Now!

The FermentationLAB (pilot program) is a no cost month-long space and time curated laboratory to begin, develop, workshop, clean, finalize, play, research and/or ferment movement based works. Launching in Spring 2025, Doma Dance Theater will offer broad access of their studio to one artist culminating in two showings shared with Doma.

Who should apply?
Artists working with movement as a primary medium.
Artists interested in dialogue around their work in a low risk environment.
Artists exploring the concepts of home, diaspora, body as home, contemporary culture as home, traditional futurisms.

Dates
Applications due at 11:59pm CT, November 3, 2024
Start of program: February 3, 2025
Showing weekend: February 28 – March 2, 2025. Artists will determine dates/times.

Apply Now!