Springboard for the Arts

Rural programs - in fy22 our fergus falls office provided professional training and consultations, a resource center, legal and healthcare resources to approximately 522 artists, and community development trainings for 105 artists. In addition, 6 artists in our hinge Arts residency program reached approximately 260 community members through presentations, events and outreach activities, and the rural regenerator fellowship served 11 artists. We also provided community development presentations and workshops to approximately 500 community, state and national leaders.

Economic opportunity - "Springboard for the Arts' economic opportunity programming encompasses professional development resources for artists, economic opportunity programs, access to health and legal resources, and physical resource centers. In fy22 we continued to build the capacity of our resource center for artists, offering computer workstations outfitted with graphic and slide scanners, adobe creative cloud, microsoft office, a publications library, and other grant-making and opportunities databases. Our a/v closet allows artists to check out Arts technology such as cameras and lights. We've continued our legal referral service, connecting over 150 artists with one-on-one attorney referrals in fy22. Springboard for the Arts supports artists' healthcare through several programs.in fy22 Springboard for the Arts' professional development programs served 1,901 individual artists and community members through panels, workshops, legal clinics and participation at leading conferences both locally and nationally. Springboard for the Arts presented: 94 workshops on business skills for artists and professional development, 364 individual consultations, and presented at conferences locally and nationally highlighting our content, artist services, and mission. In fy22, Springboard for the Arts continued to expand its pool of artist career consultants and work of art workshop facilitators to reach broader communities, audiences and partners. And partners. In fy22, Springboard for the Arts continued the guaranteed income pilot providing ongoing relief to 25 artists who were economically impacted by the covid pandemic."

Community development - "our community development program organizes and supports mechanisms for artists to connect with their communities to create meaningful, economically vibrant, and equitable places. We implement projects in urban and rural Minnesota and with national partners, including city governments, neighborhood organizations, private institutions, and other groups that wish to engage artists in community building, creative placemaking, and innovative problem-solving. In partnership with racing magpie, the community development team is approaching year three of stewarding the creative community leadership institute. Ccli is an intensive, in-person and virtual, cohort-based training program with real-world practice for artists, culture bearers, community organizers, community development practitioners, and other leaders seeking to deepen their impact in creative community building. Additionally in 2022, the community development program invited and supported over 30 artists to activate our new saint paul space through film premieres, community art-making, concerts, dance lessons, drum circles, and much more."

Incubator - Springboard for the Arts' incubator: a fiscal sponsorship program provides fiscal sponsorship for Arts groups and individual artist projects that do not want (or are not ready) to become tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. In fy22 we managed $2.6 million in revenues for the 195 artist-led projects in the program during that period.