Early-Career Artist R&D Grant
Early-Career Artist R&D Grant supports early-career Minnesota artists with public-art research, development, and planning to advance artist-led ideas for freely accessible installations or activities.
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Funder: Jerome Foundation
Due Dates: October 18, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CDT (Application deadline) | November 30, 2027 (Final report)
Funding Amounts: Four grants of $2,500 each; January 1–November 30, 2027
Summary: Supports early-career Minnesota artists with public-art research, development, and planning for freely accessible installations or activities.
Key Information: Applicants must have lived in Minnesota or the Native Nations sharing its geography for 12 of the past 24 months.
Description
Administered by Forecast Public Art and supported by the Jerome Foundation, this grant funds early-career artists pursuing public-art-related research and development or planning a freely accessible public-art installation or activity in Minnesota. Supported activities include research, community dialogues, site or budget development, model building, skill development, and building professional connections. Artists do not have to complete a public-art project during the R&D grant period.
Forecast supports artist-initiated ideas rather than predetermined sites, themes, or commissions. Its goals are to develop Minnesota’s public artists, help artists realize work they conceive and lead, and support new public art that may be difficult to fund elsewhere. Public art is defined broadly, encompassing temporary or permanent work on public or private property, including performances, installations, storytelling, sound work, gatherings, and social practice.
