Forecast’s grants to emerging and mid-career artists in Minnesota support risk-taking, interdisciplinary approaches and collaborative problem-solving. With ongoing support from The McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation and Minnesota’s Regional Arts Councils, we offer the following categories of grants:

Jerome Public Art Grants for Emerging Artists
Available to Minnesota-based emerging visual artists.

• Jerome Planning Grants - $2,000
• Jerome Project Grants - $7,000

McKnight Public Art Grants for Mid-Career Artists
Available to Minnesota-based mid-career artists.

• McKnight Professional Development Grants for Public Artists / 2 Grants - $5,000 each
• McKnight Project Grant / 1 Grant - $50,000

Regional Public Art Grants for Artists
Available to artists residing in the designated region.

• East Central Regional Arts Council Planning Grants / 2 Grants - $2,000 each
• East Central Regional Arts Council Project Grants / 2 Grants - $7,000 each

Our grants offer financial awards along with a professional development component, enabling motivated artists to take advantage of quarterly grantee meetings, workshops, individual consultations, networking events, and opportunities to connect with professional public artists.

To complement our grant opportunities, the Artist Services group conducts workshops throughout Minnesota for artists and communities to learn about how public art can enhance their careers and their neighborhoods. We provide a variety of activities, including a Public Art 101 workshop, a community brainstorming session and planning meetings. Forecast facilitates conversations where everyone has a seat at the table and everyone thinks creatively.

Supporting individual artists is core to our mission. We offer an experienced staff to consult with public artists on a sliding fee basis. Artists come to Forecast seeking help with career planning, input on project proposals, project management and logistical questions that arise during the process of creating public work.