Springboard for the Arts

📣 Calling West Central Minnesota Artists: Deepen democracy in your community!

Through storytelling, gathering, music, art, and cultural traditions, artists are integral to bringing people together and building the foundation of a strong democracy.

Springboard for the Arts invites artists and culture bearers in West Central Minnesota to apply for Artists Respond: Roots of Democracy. Selected artists will receive $2,000 to lead a small community-based project between September 2026 and March 2027.

We’re looking for projects that help communities:

🦋 Learn more about voting, local government, and civic participation
🦋 Celebrate the shared power and joy of participating in community life
🦋Build relationships across differences and reduce isolation or polarization
🦋 Use creative approaches to care for neighbors, solve problems together, and strengthen community connection

This call is open to artists of all disciplines that are based in West Central Minnesota (Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin, and the White Earth Nation).

Learn more and apply by August 10, 2026 at https://springboardforthearts.org/opportunity/artists-respond-roots-of-democracy/

Funding for Artists Respond: Roots of Democracy was provided in part by the West Central Initiative.

Artists Respond: Roots of Democracy - Springboard For The Arts Artists and culture bearers help communities imagine, connect, and work together. Through storytelling, gathering, music, art, and cultural traditions, they help people feel seen, heard, and connected to one another — building the relationships and sense of belonging that are the foundation of a s...

🦋 From the archives, one more hand drawn infographic from out outgoing Executive Director Laura Zabel. True then, true now.