Rural Regenerator Fellowship: Connection, Exchange and Solidarity
By Springboard for the Arts
Rural artists are leading critical work in their communities by fostering social connectedness, encouraging economic vitality, and addressing local needs. However, rural artists are frequently doing this work without adequate resources, or opportunities to share ideas and build solidarity with other rural artists. Springboard for the Arts’ Rural Regenerator Fellowship fills this need to support and sustain existing creative leadership in rural places across the Upper Midwest, and build long lasting networks of support and exchange.
The Fellowship provides rural artists, creatives and culture bearers with a $10,000 unrestricted stipend, two in-person retreats, support for Fellow exchanges, and participation in Springboard’s annual Rural Futures Summit. The Fellowship is designed to bring rural artists into community with each other to cultivate a network of geographic exchange and solidarity.
Since its launch in 2021, 44 Fellows from across the Upper Midwest have come together to support each other’s work, and share ideas and learning.
The Fellowship is not currently accepting applications.
Header Image Credit: Rural regenerator fellows creating a collaborating art project. Photo by Neh-Dah-Ness Greene.
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