Eligibility

Early Career Artists of all disciplines are eligible and encouraged to apply. Artists must be legal residents of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City and have been residents for at least one year prior to the submission of an application. Lanesboro Arts defines early career artists as individuals with at least a 2-year track record of creating and presenting their own projects (i.e., not first-time creators of new work or beginning artists) and with no more than 10 years of such experience. Degree-seeking students at the time of application, or during the grant period, are not eligible for the residency (including K-12, college, graduate or post graduate studies). Age is not a factor in determining an early career artist. Artists must submit their application through the online webform on Lanesboro Arts website. The primary goal of eligible artists must be to generate new works, as opposed to remounting or re-interpreting existing works.

Number of Participants

Lanesboro Arts offers two to three two or four week residencies per year. Residencies are open to small collaborating artist teams, however the stipend amount of $1,250 is fixed per residency.

Deadline

May 30, 2026 05:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

June 09, 2026 05:00 UTC

Duration

February 01, 2027 - December 31, 2027

Funding

• $1,250.00 stipend (weekly)

Facilities

Conference Rooms, Desk Space, Gallery, Individual Studio, Piano, Stage

Housing

Apartment, Kitchen, Private Bathroom, Private Housing, Private Room

Public Programs

Community Engagement

Disciplines

Animation, Ballet, Blacksmith, Book Arts, Cartoonist, Ceramics, Choreography, Cinematography, Composers, Conceptual Art, Crafts & Trades, Dance, Design, Digital Media, Documentary, Drawing, Fiber Arts, Fiction, Film, Glass, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Jewelry, Land Art, Makers, Metalsmith, Multimedia, Music, Music Composition, Opera, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Puppeteers, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Textile, Theatre, Video Art, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

The Lanesboro Early Career Artist Residency Program offers two or four week residencies to early career artists driven to explore ways in which their work can be applied to the community and how Lanesboro’s rural community can inform their work. The Lanesboro Early Career Artist Residency Program, located in Lanesboro, MN (pop. 754), is supported by the Jerome Foundation and aims to provide an immersive, meaningful experience for early career artists from Minnesota and the five boroughs of New York City. The program is unique in that it provides an entire rural community and its myriad assets as a catalytic vehicle for engagement and artistic experimentation, with staff working with each resident to create a fully-customized residency experience. The residency program was designed to align with and amplify Lanesboro Arts’ vision for communities–especially rural communities–to embrace artists as economic drivers, culture bearers, community builders, and problem solvers.