Archive: Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships

The Cowles Center’s Generating Room program is a six-month-long studio residency that supports three Minnesota artists and/or collectives in nurturing a work in progress through 100 hours of free rehearsal space, as well as marketing and administrative support. This program is intended for artists at any stage of their career who need time and space to develop a project or idea rooted in dance without the pressure of a completed end product.

Program proposals should leverage this opportunity to launch the project into the next steps and must involve a partnership with a distinct community or use community engagement as part of the proposal. Artists or organizations from outside of Minnesota may partner on the project, but the lead applicant must be based in Minnesota.

Competitive applications will bring a unique perspective, discussion, and engagement opportunity to the Minnesota arts community. Past Generating Room projects have included: open rehearsals, work-in-progress showings, roundtable discussions, workshop series, and film showings.

Learn more and apply: https://www.thecowlescenter.org/artist-residencies/generating-room

Cohesion Dance Project in Helena, Montana is seeking a dance artist for its 2022 Artist Residency.  This paid residency supports contemporary dance artists in the creative development of new work, from concept to final performance, and connects them with wider audiences through outreach, studio classes, and community engagement.

Residency dates: Ten to twelve weeks between March-June, 2022. Some flexibility for start/end dates.

Application Deadline: November 10, 2021
Additional time may be allowed by emailing cohesiondanceproject@gmail.com by November 10.

Application, expectations, and eligibility requirements at cohesiondance.org/artist-residency/

Calling all BIPOC artists and artists with disabilities to apply to our Workroom Residency!

Workroom is a Young Dance residency program centering BIPOC artists and artists with disabilities with their creative research and rehearsal process. Artists will have access to Young Dance dance studios (with Marley floors and no mirrors). More details about the studio space can be provided upon request. We hope to support artists should they choose to share their work publicly, however this is not a requirement. Time periods for Workroom residencies are slotted for October-January and February-May.

See the application for more details.

Application deadline: Monday, August 16, 2021 at 12:00pm.
If they are accepted into the residency, artists notified by Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

Come create, dream, and manifest at Young Dance!

Contact chitra@youngdance.org with any questions about the application or process.
*Please note these are residencies designed for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color artists as well as artists with disabilities.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

The McKnight Fellowships for Choreographers and the McKnight Fellowships for Dancers awards $25,000 fellowships to Minnesota mid-career dancers and choreographers.

If you plan to apply for a fellowship, you must submit your Intent to Apply by September 8. If you miss the Intent to Apply deadline you may still submit a final application. However, you will not receive important updates and help with the application.

Once you have submitted your Intent to Apply you will be notified regarding the final application process. This application will become available after January 12, 2022, and the final application deadline will be March 30, 2022.

Full guidelines and applications can be found here:

Dancers: http://www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/dancer-guidelines/

Choreographers: http://www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/choreographer-guidelines/

For additional help or questions regarding guidelines please contact Dana Kassel at McKFell@thecowlescenter.org

The deadline for Generating Room applications has been extended to Friday, May 7, 2021!

The Cowles Center is committed to providing space for artists to nurture their process and develop brand new or in-progress initiatives.

The Generating Room program is a six month studio residency that supports three Minnesota artists and/or collectives in nurturing a work in progress through 100 hours of free rehearsal space, as well as marketing and administrative support. This program is intended for artists at any stage of their career who need time and space to develop a project or idea rooted in dance without the pressure of a completed end product.

Program rehearsal hours will begin June 2021 with proposed community events taking place between September-November 2021.