Artist Resources
The Arts Partnership is here to help area artists and arts organizations. That’s why we put this comprehensive list of grants, funding, resources and calls for artists together. Some of the opportunities only serve the Fargo Moorhead Metro or residents of a particular state, so check the guidelines carefully.
This list is a work in progress – If you know of an opportunity that’s not on this list but should be, click here to tell us about it!
Calls for artists
View the current calls for artists here.
We curate opportunities for artists and share requests for creatives from the community. Visit the Calls for Artists page for all of the latest artistic opportunities available to artists in the Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.
The Arts Partnership also hosts our own on-going calls (listed below).
Email our Communications Coordinator, Ethan Mickelson, to let us know about calls for artists.
Ongoing calls from The Arts Partnership
ArtWORKS (rolling call)
The ArtWORKS program places local art in local businesses, whether art exhibits or musical performances. Participating artists get a stipend.
Contact Director of Operations, Tania Blanich, at tania@theartspartnership.net for more info.
Community Supported Art (August deadline)
The Arts Partnership invites performing artists, visual artists, writers and artisans to participate in its Community Supported Art program. Selected artists receive a stipend to assist with production costs for take-home art or performances for up to 50 shareholders.
Local/Regional
The Arts Partnership Individual Arts Partnership (IAP) Grants
Grants of $500 to $2,500 support artists living and working in the FM Metro who are at any career stage and working in dance, literature, music, media, theatre, traditional and folk arts and craft, or visual arts.
Lake Region Arts Council – Individual Grants and Other Artist Opportunities
LRAC provides support to artists in Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin counties in Minnesota. They have a range of opportunities for artists, from seed grants to fellowships.
North Dakota Council on the Arts Grants
North Dakota Council on the Arts provides grants and other support for North Dakota artists.
Grants and fellowships for individuals and organizations.
Grants for Minnesota-based artists.
Support for early career artists in Minnesota and New York City.
McKnight Artist Fellowships increase the exploratory opportunity, economic stability, and productive capacity of artists by providing $25,000 in unrestricted support for midcareer artists and discipline-specific artistic and professional development opportunities.
National
Helps artists working in all creative disciplines realize their visions and build sustainable practices. Creative Capital provides each funded project with up to $50,000 in direct funding plus additional career development services.
Local and Regional Grant and Funding Opportunities
The Arts Partnership City Arts Partnership (CAP) Grants
The CAP grants support Fargo-Moorhead Metro arts non-profits and other non-profits seeking to incorporate the arts into their mission-related work.
Deadline: April
The Arts Partnership Emergency Relief Fund
No-interest, no-fault loans of up to $1,500 for Fargo-Moorhead Metro arts non-profits to help cover unexpected expenses resulting from lost income due to canceled performances or other emergencies.
The Arts Partnership PPE Program
The Arts Partnership has PPE equipment and supplies available at no charge to our Partner arts organizations. Made possible through a North Dakota Economic Resiliency grant.
Lake Region Arts Council – Organizational Grants
Offers grants for non-profit organizations based in Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin counties in Minnesota.
North Dakota Council on the Arts Grants
Offers a range of grants, including institutional support and project support for non-profit arts organizations based in North Dakota.
North Dakota Council on the Humanities
Offers project support for humanities projects that bring historical, cultural or ethical perspectives to
bear on topics and issues of interest to our communities.
Offers grants for Minnesota-based arts organizations.
Offers funding opportunities for community-based programs.
Offers grants to community-focused organizations.
The Arts program supports working artists to create and contribute to vibrant communities in the state of Minnesota. They fund organizations, programs, and projects that fuel exceptional and diverse artistic practice.
National
National Endowment for the Arts
Offers support for exemplary arts projects in communities nationwide through grantmaking, initiatives, partnerships, and events.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Offers grants and funding opportunities for humanities projects.
The following lists of regional and national arts organizations can provide resources for both arts non-profits and individual artists.
North Dakota
- Dakota West Arts Council
- Ellendale Area Arts Council
- Gorge Arts Council
- Minot Area Council for the Arts
- Nelson County Arts Council
- North Dakota Council on the Arts
- Northern Lights Arts Council
- The Arts Center Jamestown
- Three Rivers Arts Council
Minnesota
- Architecture in Minnesota
- Arts Midwest
- Artspace Projects, Inc.
- Forecast Public Art
- Lake Agassiz Arts Council
- Midwest Art Conservation Center
- Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
- Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Minnesota Council on Foundations
- Minnesota State Arts Board
- MN Artists
- Springboard for the Arts
- VSA Minnesota
National
- American Association of Museums (AAM)
- American Craft Council
- American Folklife Center: Services to Minnesota
- Americans for the Arts
- American Symphony Orchestra League
- The Association of American Cultures
- The Art List
- Art Opportunities Monthly
- ArtNetwork
- Art Deadlines List
- Arts Journal
- Arts Wire: Online Communications for the Arts
- Benton Foundation
- Cafe
- Chicago Artists Resource
- Chorus America
- CODAworx
- Community Arts Network
- Continental Harmony
- Dance USA
- Fractured Atlas
- Grantsmanship Center
- Independent Television Services
- International Sculpture Center
- International Registry of Artists and Artwork
- Internet Nonprofit Center
- Mid-America Arts Alliance
- Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- National Assembly of State Art Agencies
- National Center for Charitable Statistics at The Urban Institute
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Arts Accessibility office
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- Opera America
- Pew Charitable Trust
- Poets & Writers Inc. Home Page
- Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities
- Public Art Archive
- Publicartist
- Southern Arts Federation
- Theatre Communications Group
- Western States Arts Federation
- Wormfarm Institute
Our Partners are nonprofit arts and culture
organizations, individual artists, arts-related businesses and other nonprofits using art to further their missions and contribute to Fargo-Moorhead’s vibrancy and economic well-being. We turn to our Partners to help sustain and nurture a community where creativity thrives and enhances the lives of our citizens.
Click here to apply for Partnership.
Partner benefits include…
Advocacy
Advocating is a big part of our job. As the Metro’s umbrella arts organization, we advocate on behalf of the arts at the city and state levels. We also work with business, educational and service club sectors in our region to ensure that our community understands that the arts are a valuable element of our social and economic success.
Communications
TAP upholds one of its core values — to promote a creatively enriched community — through its communications efforts on behalf of our Partners and the arts community generally. TAP staff writes weekly articles in the Fargo Forum, produces a dynamic blog and weekly newsletter “Connecting the Dots” and maintains an active presence on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms. Partners have direct access to our communications staff to help amplify communications to promote your work or events. You also have the opportunity to write articles for our blog.
Access to Resources
TAP is an ever-renewing resource to its Partners. The resources page on our website is just the start. Partners receive first-hand and early notification of grant deadlines and other opportunities, such as calls for artists. We often directly connect our Partners with entities seeking their artistic services, for example, for an artist to paint a mural or vice-versa, or help businesses and other organizations put out calls seeking artists. We even offer protocols on how to jury applicants.
A Peer Network
Although COVID-19 has limited our ability to host open houses, we continue to look for safe/distanced networking opportunities with the ever-expanding and impressive roster of Partners, other creatives in the community and both businesses and individuals who support the arts. For example, TAP’s President & CEO holds monthly meetings for the directors of the Metro’s arts organizations, which provides the opportunityfor them to share experiences and seek peer advice.
Expertise
TAP’s staff will provide complimentary consulting with our Partners about grant writing, social media tutorials, how much they should charge for their art, strategic planning, communication plans and strategies and more.
… and more!
Additionally, Partners receive extremely affordable advertising opportunities in our weekly e-newsletter and digital ad space inside Aptitude at West Acres.