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Jump to: How to Apply | Timeline | Application Status | Eligible Proposals | Payments
How to Apply
- Applications may be submitted online using the link below, via email or regular mail, or in person.
- Applications can be emailed to Emily.Murphy@state.mn.us.
- Paper copies of completed applications can be mailed or delivered to:
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing and Development Division
Attention: Emily Murphy
625 Robert Street North
St Paul, MN 55155
- Paper copies of applications have been mailed to each of the state’s 95 county fairs. Forms can also be downloaded online, using the links listed below.
Download the Equal Share Application (PDF: 361 KB / 3 pages) or use the Online Grant Submission Form
Email Emily.Murphy@state.mn.us to receive the Equal Share Application as a Word document email attachment.
Timeline
- The application submission deadline is Wednesday, February 1, 2012, by 4:30 PM.
- Applications are reviewed as received.
- Funds are released on rolling basis, typically within 4 weeks of MDA’s receipt of complete grant applications. However, in 2012, funds will not be dispersed until after July 1, 2012. Learn more about methods of payment, including direct deposit.
- All funds will be distributed by April 1, 2012.
Application Status
Check Whether Your Application Has Been Received
Example List of Eligible Proposals
Jump to: Workshops/Classes/Demos | Artists/Expert | Performances | Access Projects | Displays | Historic Buildings
Eligible proposals are not limited to, but may include, the following examples:
Workshops/Classes/Demonstrations
Eligible Projects
(Following are examples of eligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Photography workshop
- Dance classes for kids
- Watercolor painting demonstration
- Pottery demonstration
- Costume making workshop
- Artwork for backdrops demonstration
- Creative writing workshop
- Framing demonstration
- Tatting demonstration
- Spinning demonstration
Ineligible Projects
(Following are examples of ineligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Programming which has been offered at the fair before (See supplement versus supplant)
- General entertainment
Things to Consider
- How is this program increasing access and how does it affect your community?
- Are you engaging a target audience by providing an arts class for individuals with disabilities?
- Are you helping community members overcome a financial barrier by offering free or discounted workshops?
- Are you helping community members overcome a geographic barrier by bringing classes and workshops to the region?
- Does the program engage the audience and is it a form of experiential learning? Are you collaborating with skilled individuals?
- Is the program helping the audience develop an understanding and appreciation of different art forms and traditions? Are you building a relationship between the community and the collaborating organization or individual?
Artist in Residency/Resident Expert
Eligible Projects
(Following are examples of eligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Banjo player
- Painter
- Author
- Tour guide for history village
- Owner of antique machinery available to discuss their display
Ineligible Projects
(Following are examples of ineligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Programming which has been offered at the fair before (See supplement versus supplant)
- General entertainment
Things to Consider
- How is this program increasing access and how does it affect your community?
- No pottery center is located in your region and an artist in residency will help community members interact with and understand the art form.
- This project will help community members overcome a financial barrier by offering free or discounted access to an expert.
- Your project will help community members overcome a geographic barrier by bringing professionals, individuals and organizations to the region.
- Does the program engage the audience and is it a form of experiential learning? Are you working with skilled teachers?
- Is the program helping the audience develop an understanding and appreciation of different art forms, traditions, cultures and histories? Does it build a relationship between the community and the collaborating organization or artist?
Performances
Eligible Projects
(Following are examples of eligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Children’s theater
- Storyteller
- Jug band (cultural experience—representation of a folk tradition and art)
- Regional singer and songwriter (art)
- Performance of a local playwright’s work (art)
- Performance by a dance company (art)
- Flamenco dancers (folk tradition and art)
- Puppet or marionette show (folk tradition and art)
- Reenactments (history and cultural heritage)
- Living history museum (history and cultural heritage)
Ineligible Projects
(Following are examples of ineligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Programming which has been offered at the fair before (See supplement versus supplant)
- General entertainment
- Fundraising events
Things to Consider
- How is this program increasing access and how does it affect your community?
- Is your fair the largest arts and cultural event in your region, and you are expanding programming to allow even more state and local talent to showcase their work?
- Does this project help community members overcome a financial barrier by offering free or discounted rates to see a high quality performance they normally could not afford?
- Does your project help community members overcome a geographic barrier by bringing a high quality performance to your region?
- Does this performance help increase exposure to an underrepresented group’s cultural heritage in your region?
Access Projects
Eligible Projects
(Following are examples of eligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Murals
- Public art
- Sound system for a stage or demonstration area
- Lighting for a stage or arts building
- Stage/Stage enhancements
- Enhancement of an art area—easels, display cases, quilt racks
- Handicap accessibility—braille signage, large-print programs, ramps, sign language interpreter
Ineligible Projects
(Following are examples of ineligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Projects which had already been in the fair’s plan and budget (See supplement versus supplant)
- Improvements which are of an aesthetic nature and do not help highlight the art, history, culture itself (ie: painting the outside of a building)
- Activities and projects required under state, local or federal law
- General maintenance and deferred maintenance (if your fair has deferred general maintenance projects on facilities which highlight arts, historical and cultural programming due to financial constraints of traditional sources of funding, you may apply for facility improvements through the Competitive Grant.)
- Signs that do not relate to helping individuals access arts, historical, and cultural programming (signs for the entire fairground or sign for the fair itself. If you wish to commission an artist to create a fair sign that is public art, then it can be funded as such.)
Things to Consider
- The project must DIRECTLY increase access to arts, historical and cultural programming.
- It is acceptable if a project serves multiple purposes, but the primary reason a fair is undertaking the project is to increase access to arts, cultural and historical programming. (For example, a fair improves their stage’s sound system, but the sound system will also serve as an alert during emergencies. However, the fair would have improved the stage’s sound system even if the emergency alert would not have been a subsequent benefit.)
Displays/Exhibits
Eligible Projects
(Following are examples of eligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Textiles
- Century farms
- Art displays
- Loaned exhibit from Historical Society
- Work to complete a book/archival project
Ineligible Projects
(Following are examples of ineligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Programming which has been offered at the fair before (See supplement versus supplant)
- General entertainment
- Fundraising events
Historic Buildings
Eligible Projects
(Following are examples of eligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Exterior preservation—roof, foundation, windows, structural support
- Accessibility—handicap ramp, ventilation, lighting, display cases, certain interior preservation work that allows fair goers to experience the history of the building
- Preservation Plan
- Signage program for a historic village or signs that explain historical significance of buildings
- Moving costs related to bringing a historical building to fair
Ineligible Projects
(Following are examples of ineligible projects but is not inclusive)
- Projects which had already been in the fair’s plan and budget (See supplement versus supplant)
- Improvements which are of an aesthetic nature and do not help highlight the history and culture of the building
- Improvements to modernize a building (such as creating a modern office space within a historic building) unless the modernization improves access to the building’s history-—ventilation, lighting, handicap accessibility, display cases
- Activities and projects required under state, local or federal law
Things to Consider
- A historic building is not just an old building. You must be able to explain its significance to local and/or state history.
- How will this project be maintained in the future?
Payments
Payments may be dispensed as a paper check or direct deposit via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Awards are automatically dispersed by mailed check. If award recipient prefers direct deposit, complete the Direct Deposit Authorization for Electronic Funds Transfer (PDF: 109 KB / 2 pages). Note, once the EFT form has been processed, recipient cannot receive award by paper check.
Emily Murphy, State Program Administrator
Emily.Murphy@state.mn.us, 651-201-6648
Ag Marketing & Development Division
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