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Springboard’s Incubator is a fiscal sponsorship program that provides sponsorship for arts groups and individual artist projects that do not want (or are not ready) to become tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. In other words, we make it possible for groups to receive tax-deductible grants and donations as they grow. In addition, Incubator artists receive support for their fundraising and marketing efforts, legal referrals, and networking support.

Incubator is designed for arts groups and individual artist projects that have a nonprofit purpose and/or are looking at becoming their own tax exempt nonprofit organization. Sponsored projects must be artist-led, fit with the mission of Springboard for the Arts, and be based in or producing work in Minnesota. Learn more about the Incubator program here.

Check out our current Incubator projects below, or use the filters to your left to find more projects!

Elayna Waxse Movement Project

Elayna Waxse Movement Project aims to make contemporary dance focused on storytelling and identity through rigorous physicality while addressing social inequities.

Celtic-Balkan Fusion Project

Celtic-Balkan Fusion Project aims to present Celtic (Highland) and Balkan (Bulgarian) folk music and folk dance, both separately and in a unique fusion, as performed by Balkan vocal and instrumental ensembles, a Highland piper, and Balkan, Highland, and modern dancers to build cross-cultural appreciation and goodwill.

Margaret Ogas Performance Project

Margaret Ogas Performance Project aims to develop live performances rooted in dance, with an emphasis on artistic experimentation and a commitment to highlighting artists of color and queer artists.

Rattlebox

Rattlebox aims to present chamber music events that are intimate, adventurous, and thought-provoking, in order to spark joy, curiosity, and empathy in their community. Learn more at the project’s website.

Deaf Cultural Arts & Wellness Center

Deaf Cultural Arts & Wellness Center aims to provide access to creative arts and wellness resources for Deaf individuals and the Twin Cities Deaf community.

RETINA360

RETINA360 aims to bring to the forefront fact- based storytelling that deeply resonates with the humanity and lived experiences of marginalized and underrepresented girls, women, nonbinary people, and gender nonconforming people.

Under the Lex

Under the Lex aims to support and serve artists that are beginning and mid-level musicians that are underserved and pay them a generous rate that will help them in their careers and wages. The performance series also benefits the immediate community and neighborhood in the area, along with anyone that wishes to attend these events.

The Mama Project

The Mama Project aims to develop a celebration and exploration of motherhood in stories and movement. Moms meet monthly to share memories and experiences with an eye toward building community and support for all. The culmination will be a performance inspired and informed by these gatherings.

Archives on Screens, Twin Cities

Archives on Screens, Twin Cities aims to bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to movie screens in the Twin Cities.

Spiral Theater

Spiral Theater aims to produce seriously silly shows that celebrate our most absurd selves, the wild possibilities of language, and the creative spirit of audiences and artists.

Apsara the Musical

Apsara the musical aims to empower, promote and preserve the Khmer/Cambodian culture.

Breast Cancer Superhero Portrait Project

Breast Cancer Superhero Portrait Project aims to celebrate and inspire the heroic nature of individuals affected by breast cancer through the creation of large scale portraits of selected breast cancer heroes, public exhibitions, community celebrations, and interactives.

Dance Projects by ME

Dance Projects by ME aims to cultivate space for dance projects inspired by diverse styles and community exchange. They strive to create dance accessibility through choreography, education, and performance.

Aya Collective

Aya Collective aims to to cultivate Black women writers who understand that our experience, expertise, and way of knowing is enough to educate others. They do this by centering their spirituality and cultural selves, as well as by being in community.

Art from the Inside

Art from the  Inside aims to empower incarcerated artists to experience personal transformation and restoration. We believe art provides the space to imagine new ways of being and to recognize our personal and collective power to change.

Artists Collective for Community Collaborations (AC3)

Artists Collective for Community Collaborations (AC3) aims to blend art, fun, and activism to support Native American healing and identity, bridge racial and cultural divides, and mobilize communities for greater social and environmental justice.

Emily Michaels King Projects

Emily Michaels King Projects aims to create embodied performances that explore self-discovery and reclamation, womanhood, and bold, or supremely delicate, expressions of personal truth.

The Witness Project

The Witness Project aims to create and implement strategies for the development and dissemination of literary work by and for underrepresented populations and, by creating opportunities for traditionally silenced voices to be heard, to serve as a catalyst for cross-cultural understanding. 

Opera Reading Project

Opera Reading Project aims to cultivate and elevate local performers as they prepare, polish and perform opera roles by supplying professional level training, career development and networking within a collaborative, creative and inclusive environment.

Moonplay Cinema

Moonplay Cinema aims to support women and gender nonbinary filmmakers through community and visibility. 

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