We are throwing a party and you're invited! Join us on Saturday, September 30 from 1-5pm Central Time at Springboard for the Arts in Saint Paul for a day of local art, live performances, and interactive fun.







We are proud to introduce the 2023-25 Fellows! Coming from throughout the Midwest, including MN, IA, WI, MI, KS, and SD, each of the 12 Fellows will receive $10,000 in flexible funds and two years of peer learning and exchange
What if you could address your community's most pressing needs, employ local residents to do it, and use federal or philanthropic funding to support it, all at the same time? Announcing Art-Train, a virtual technical assistance program for artists, municipal agencies, community non-profits, and arts councils in communities of all sizes across the nation.
Interested in new resources to add to your creative toolkit? "Work of Art" is a comprehensive program created to help you in building, and sustaining, your artistic business. Join us for free in-person and online offerings taking place throughout 2023!
Working on a new project? Visit a Resource Lab!
Our Resource Labs in Saint Paul and Fergus Falls, MN, offer individual artists and small organizations access to a full array of equipment, tools, and services in an informal, self-directed environment. Artists can use the Lab for artwork documentation, design, digitization and for general technical assistance on small projects.
Guaranteed Minimum Income for Artists Pilot
Curious about our work with artists around Guaranteed Income? Read about our Guaranteed Income pilot, Artists Respond: People, Place, & Prosperity, our partnership with the City of St. Paul supporting artists telling the story of the impact of Guaranteed Income, and the expansion of the pilot for artists in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
You make this work possible!
For 30 years, Springboard has helped make it easier for artists to make a living and for communities to benefit from the vitality and connectedness that is rooted in culture, and work for more vibrant and just local economies. Artists bring that meaning, joy, and connection into our lives, and if this is work you value, please consider making a tax-deductible gift to Springboard for the Arts.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Find upcoming workshops, trainings, and community events from Springboard for the Arts. Learn more!
JOB BOARD
Search artist-focused and creative jobs with organizations across the Upper Midwest. Learn more!
ARTIST CAREER CONSULTATIONS
Connect with experienced artists across disciplines for career planning and project feedback. Learn more!
RESOURCE LABS
Spaces in Fergus Falls and St. Paul with equipment, tools, and services for artists. Learn more!
GRANT RESOURCES
Resources for grants and funding opportunities for artists and organizations in Minnesota. Learn more!
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY
A directory of Minnesota-based professional arts-related services and resources. Learn more!
INCUBATOR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
Fiscal sponsorship for arts organizations and individual artist projects in Minnesota. Learn more!
MINNESOTA LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS
Connect to legal resources and consultations for your creative work. Learn more!
READY MADE
Discover beautifully crafted one-of-a-kind pieces by local artists and makers! Learn more!
CREATIVE EXCHANGE
Practical artist-created toolkits to spark change and stories to inspire connection. Learn more!
SPRINGBOARD BOOKS
Get the Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists and Handbook for Artists Working in Community! Learn more!
ART-TRAIN
National training and technical assistance for communities and artists to work together. Learn more!
Springboard for the Arts' mission is to support artists with the tools to make a living and a life, and to build just and equitable communities full of meaning, joy, and connection. Founded as an independent nonprofit in 1991, Springboard for the Arts has an innovative 30-year history of supporting artists making a living and a life and artist-led community development work.
Together we
build the movement of
art and community.
Building professional skills for artists
From the Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists toolkits and workshops, to career consultations, Springboard for the Arts is dedicated to artists of all disciplines making a living and a life. We make resources and create opportunities for artists to learn entrepreneurial, business, and strategic skills.
Thrive as an artist
Artists working in community
Artists and communities thrive when they work together. Our goal is always to create projects that are adaptable to the the needs of individual communities; and to catalyze relationships and mechanisms that bring artists and communities together, and have lasting impact.
Connect to artists
We power Creative Exchange
Springboard for the Arts' national program is Creative Exchange, an online platform sharing stories of artists with impact and practical toolkits for you to create and run artist-centered projects in your community.
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Our work builds creative people power – connecting artists to resources they need, and communities to their artists. Support us in the work we do together!
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Saint Paul
262 University Ave West
Saint Paul, MN 55103
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Vickie Benson Resource Lab
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Fergus Falls
201 West Lincoln Ave.
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
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Fergus Falls Resource Lab
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