05/28/2021
• To make sure you know about Springboard for the Arts' Rural Regenerators Fellowship, a cohort to support and connect creative rural leaders in the Upper Midwest. 10 Fellows will be selected from communities of 50,000 people or fewer across the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and the Native Nations that serve those geographies).
Fellows will be selected based on their demonstrated commitment to rural arts-based community development, their interest in sharing their own experiences and learning around this work with other fellows, and their desire to grow, adapt, or launch new work that will strengthen their community. Fellows will receive $10,000 in flexible funds to support their existing work and/or to launch a new project in their community.
Applications for the Rural Regenerator Fellowship are due by June 11, 2021. If you think this is a great opportunity for you, please apply, and, please spread the word far and wide to colleagues and friends. Find out more and see the application here....
From drastically shifting economies, increasing diversity and aging populations, to the effects of climate change and COVID, rural places in the Upper Midwest need leaders who know the importance of creativity and culture in cultivating effective models for rural community health, economic vitality,...
