The Next Step Fund, made possible by the McKnight Foundation.
The Next Step Fund, made possible by the McKnight Foundation, provides project grants up to $5,000 to artists, creators, and makers in any discipline for the purpose of career development and artistic achievement. Applicants may be at any stage of their career, but must demonstrate achievement in their artistic field and have a history of public presentation or community contribution.
This is a highly competitive program and to help applicants, MRAC offers grant workshops and, new this year, we are also offering draft review of applications before the Monday January 27, 2020 deadline.
Upcoming workshops in the community include:
- Thursday, December 5 @ 3:30 pm — 5:00 pm at In Progress in Saint Paul
- Wednesday, December 11 @ 10:00 am — 11:30 am at Off-Leash Art Box in South Minneapolis
- Monday, January 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm at UROC in North Minneapolis
- Tuesday, January 7, 2020 @ 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm at All My Relations Arts in Minneapolis
- Wednesday, January 8, 2020 @ 4:00 pm — 5:30 pm at the Arts Consortium of Carver County Arts Center in Victoria
- Saturday, January 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm — 1:30 pm at the Merriam Park Library in Saint Paul. This workshop will be ASL interpreted and Live Captioned.
Sign-up for a workshop at the links above and reach out for sample grants and draft support. More information is available at https://mrac.org/grants/next-step-fund/
