Minnesota Legislature
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Minnesota Administrative Rules
1900.1910 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES FOR ARTIST ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
Subpart 1.
Definitions.
A.
"Artist partner" means the Minnesota individual artists named in a cultural collaborations application. The artist partner may or may not be the actual applicant.
B.
"Collaboration" means the process that occurs when more than one artist or an artist and an organization work together to create and present artwork.
C.
"Collaborating organization" means the organization (as defined in part 1900.0310, subpart 11, except also including radio and television stations) named in a cultural collaborations application. The collaborating organization may or may not be the actual applicant.
D.
"Video documentation" means the documentation of the following artist's work: choreographers, dancers, actors, directors, performance artists, lighting, set or costume designers, conductors, and storytellers.
Subp. 2.
Purpose of program.
The purpose of the artist assistance program is to support artists at various stages in their careers. The program focuses on the specific purposes in items A to D.
A.
The fellowship program is designed to recognize, reward, and encourage outstanding individual artists throughout Minnesota.
B.
The career opportunity grant program shall help artists to take advantage of unique impending, concrete opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers.
C.
The cultural collaborations program is designed to foster the creation of any style of art, ranging from contemporary to classical or traditional, by artists of color in collaboration with Minnesota organizations and present it to a public audience.
D.
The video documentation program is designed to address the need for artists whose work is time- or movement-based to document their work.
Subp. 3.
Uses of grants.
The artist assistance program shall provide grants to fund time and costs related to continuing, documenting, or creating new work. Each program focuses on the specific activities in items A to D.
A.
The fellowship grants shall allow artists working in the visual, literary, and performing arts to set aside time to work, provide living expenses, purchase supplies and materials, undertake advanced study not related to a degree, or to pursue other artistic career goals.
B.
The career opportunity grants shall provide funds for unique, short-term opportunities which enhance career goals.
C.
The cultural collaborations grants shall provide funds to persons of color, directly or through the collaborating organization, for the collaborative creation of any style of art, ranging from contemporary to classical or traditional in the visual, literary, or performing arts.
D.
The video documentation program provides funds to individual artists to have a video made of their work in order to improve their ability to represent themselves and their work in various contexts for uses which include: marketing their work, creating an archival record of their work, and using the video as a self-evaluation tool in order to improve their work.
Subp. 4.
Criteria used by advisory panel to make recommendations to board.
The primary review criterion by which an artist assistance application shall be evaluated by the advisory panel, with the exception of the career opportunity grant application, to make recommendations to the board is artistic quality of work, as demonstrated by an artist's work sample. For video documentation applicants, the panel must take into consideration videotapes of lesser quality if the individual artist's work demonstrates artistic quality. For the cultural collaborations program, the work sample of the collaborating organization may also be considered. In addition, the secondary criteria stated in items A to D apply to specific program areas.
B.
For a career opportunity grant, merit and feasibility shall be demonstrated by the opportunity's anticipated impact on the applicant's work or the development of the applicant's career. Financial feasibility shall be demonstrated by a budget that realistically reflects costs associated with the project.
C.
For a cultural collaborations grant, merit and feasibility shall be demonstrated by:
(5)
the degree to which the project helps the collaborating organization reach artistic and diversity goals;
D.
For a video documentation award, merit and feasibility must be demonstrated by:
(1)
the anticipated impact on the development of an applicant's career as demonstrated by a description of how the video will be used;
(2)
the feasibility of the proposed documentation activity as demonstrated by a budget and plan that realistically reflect the costs and logistics of the project; and
(3)
a description of the artist's plan to improve the quality of the documentation, including the professional qualifications of the videographer, the demonstration of a plan between the artist and the videographer which takes into account unique aspects of the work that will be documented on the video, and a clear description of the format of the finished product.
Subp. 5.
Additional requirements.
Artist assistance applicants must meet the additional program specific eligibility requirements in items A to D to receive a grant.
A.
Fellowship applicants must not have received a cultural collaborations or a folk arts apprenticeship (either as apprentice or master) award from the board in either of the two fiscal years preceding the current year or in the current fiscal year. In addition, fellowship applicants must not have received a fellowship award from the board in any of the three fiscal years preceding the current year or in the current fiscal year. Finally, applicants must not submit more than one fellowship application each fiscal year.
B.
Cultural collaborations applicants shall be either individual Minnesota artists or nonprofit Minnesota organizations. Each application must name at least one and no more than two artist partners and a nonprofit entity as the collaborating organization as defined in part 1900.0310, subpart 11. However, for this program, an exception to that definition is that a radio or television station may be the collaborating organization.
(1)
Artist partners named in the application must not have received a cultural collaborations, folk arts apprenticeship (either as apprentice or master), or fellowship award from the board in the fiscal year preceding the current year or in the current fiscal year, regardless of whether or not they are the official applicant.
C.
Career opportunity grant proposals must be unique and not have been submitted in a prior career opportunity grant review cycle in the same fiscal year.
An individual awarded a career opportunity grant in a fiscal year may not apply for an additional career opportunity grant at any future deadline in the same fiscal year.
An individual awarded an artist assistance fellowship grant or a folk arts apprenticeship grant (as either an apprentice or a master) may not apply for a career opportunity grant at any future deadline in the same fiscal year.
Opportunities must fit within the time frame described in the current career opportunity grant program information.
Subp. 6.
Additional processes for reviewing grants.
Career opportunity grant applications shall be reviewed preliminarily by agency staff based on the criteria. Leading applications shall be identified by staff and then reviewed by a subcommittee of the board which makes the final decisions to award grants.
Subp. 7.
Dollar amount of grants.
The fellowship grant is a set amount. The career opportunity and cultural collaborations grants have minimum and maximum amounts. Grant amounts for fellowships, career opportunity grants, and cultural collaborations grants shall be determined by the board based upon available resources and printed in current program information.
Statutory Authority:
MS s 129D.04
History:
21 SR 5; 23 SR 1380; 24 SR 663; 26 SR 1301
Published Electronically:
September 14, 2007
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