Mid-Career Professional Development Grant
Forecasted
Mid-Career Professional Development Grant supports Minnesota mid-career artists in learning, experimentation, and project exploration to deepen their practice and advance their public art careers.
This grant was recently updated
Applications for the 2027 Mid-Career Professional Development Grant are now closed; Forecast’s submission page says there are presently no open calls. The removed listing had an October 18, 2026, 11:59 p.m. CT deadline.
Funder: Forecast Public Art
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Two grants of $5,000 each for an 11-month grant period
Summary: Supports Minnesota-based mid-career artists pursuing professional development and project exploration to advance their public art careers.
Key Information: Applicants must have at least ten years of active art-making and exhibition experience and meet Minnesota residency requirements.
Description
Forecast Public Art’s Mid-Career Professional Development Grant, supported by the McKnight Foundation, helps artists expand their public art careers through learning, experimentation, and project development. Eligible activities include residencies, apprenticeships, conferences, travel, study, skill development, and creating models or prototypes. Artists may also develop proposals for public or nonprofit agencies, but commissions and client-based work are not eligible.
Forecast defines public art broadly, encompassing temporary and permanent work, murals, sculpture, performance, storytelling, sound, light, dance, and spoken word. Public art must be free and accessible to the community, whether on public or private property. The program prioritizes artistic growth, innovation, deepened practice, and community benefit through enjoyment, beautification, civic engagement, meeting a need, or meaningful collaboration.
