The Artist Support Grant offers funding for costs associated with the exhibition, performance, or production of creative work or other opportunities to enhance your creative development such as:

• purchase of materials or equipment to create your work educational opportunities in arts or culture-bearing activities (excluding academic/college credit) such as classes, demonstrations, or workshops
• working with a master artist, mentor, or elder to learn new or traditional techniques
• attending a national conference or culture-bearing activity
• taking part in a residency program to focus on your creative work
• marketing your creative work

Creative people such as Artists, Culture Bearers, Musicians, Writers, Theater Artists, Woodcarvers, Beading artists, Dancers, Jewelers, Regalia Makers, Poets, Potters, Weavers, Basket makers, Sculptors, Filmmakers, and others are encouraged to apply. Eligible applicants must be 18 years or older and reside in

Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, or Mahnomen counties. All grant applications must be completed online. For eligibility details and to apply visit r2arts.org.