Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Legacy Grant
Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Legacy Grant supports organizations’ public arts projects in Minnesota’s Region 7E to expand arts access, lifelong arts education, and diverse cultural arts traditions.
Funder: East Central Regional Arts Council
Due Dates: January 20, 2027 (Technical assistance) | February 1, 2027 (Application, before 11:59 p.m.)
Funding Amounts: $5,000–$20,000 per project; cash match of at least 10% of total project cost
Summary: Supports larger public arts projects that expand arts access, arts education, and cultural heritage in Minnesota’s Region 7E.
Key Information: This organization grant excludes individuals, direct state ACHF recipients, and private, alternative, charter, parochial, and home schools.
Description
The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) administers this Legacy grant using Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. It supports larger projects involving the creation, sponsorship, publication, performance, or exhibition of art, with arts-producing activities and community access as central goals. Supported work includes touring performances, visual art exhibitions, local theatre, public art, professional artist or culture-bearer residencies, workshops, classes, publications, films, and presentations.
The program serves Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties and the sovereign Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe lands. Funding supports arts and arts access, lifelong arts education, and diverse cultural arts traditions. Priorities include presenting historically underrepresented communities’ art and improving access for youth and historically underserved audiences.
