Short Description
Lanesboro Arts invites Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC) artists in Minnesota to apply for the Lanesboro Arts BIPOC Artist Residency Program. This personally tailored residency program offers the opportunity for support and open access to Lanesboro Arts and Lanesboro Area, facilities, personnel, and natural environment.
Lanesboro is a rural hub of artistic and outdoor activity, nestled in the bluffs of southeastern MN
along the Root River. Lanesboro Arts is a non-profit, multidisciplinary arts organization that seeks to
support both emerging and established artists, revitalizes public spaces, and builds a sense of
community among the 754 people who call Lanesboro home. Lanesboro Arts has brought
innovative arts experiences to community members and visitors alike for over 40 years, becoming a
national model for empowering communities through the arts.
We acknowledge that predominantly white rural spaces like Lanesboro can be isolating, alienating,
or even unsafe for BIPOC individuals and yet rural spaces also hold an inequitable share of land
and resources not often easily accessible to BIPOC artists living in urban areas. The goal of this
project is to offer the use of Lanesboro Arts facilities and personnel to artists and their families, as
well as provide a community liaison who is available if desired, to provide connection to the
community and/or outdoor recreation that the area has to offer.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
The length of residency is optional between one and two weeks long, as it fits within Lanesboro Arts events calendar. The residency offers a weekly stipend of $1,250 to cover food and other costs while in residence. There is an additional budget of $500 per residency (note: this $500 art supplies budget is total amount per artist, regardless of length of residency) for art supplies, if an artistic project is pursued during the residency. The artist residency may also be completed as a cohort, for which applicants may apply together, and each artist will receive their own stipend and artist supplies budget.
How Artists Are Selected:
Artists of Native American/American Indian/Native Alaskan, Asian, Black/African American,
Hispanic/Latino/Chicano/Latinx, Middle Eastern/North African, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander,
SWANA (South West Asian and North African) descent are the focus of this residency. Lanesboro
Arts strives to mitigate gatekeeping structures within funding, resulting in a selection process that
doesn’t place judgment on worthiness through a traditional funding lens.
In this application process, staff will check each application for eligibility requirements. If there are
questions or clarity needed, a staff member will reach out to you.
All eligible submissions will be entered into a lottery and randomly selected one by one until all
available slots are filled. Because some artists might select two weeks or one week, this process of
randomly selecting from the lottery pool one by one allows Lanesboro Arts to fill the correct amount
of time slots available with the artists that applied. There will be between six to twelve resident
artists chosen, depending on length of residency selected.
Entry Fee
None
Location
Minnesota, United States
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 1 August 2025
Website Link: https://lanesboroarts.org/bipoc-artist-residency/
