Springboard for the Arts

Springboard for the Arts' mission is to cultivate vibrant communities by connecting artists with the resources they need to make a living and a life. Springboard for the Arts is an economic and community development agency created by artists and for artists. Springboard exists to create reciprocal relationships between artists and communities. In t... he company's 26 years, the company has served over 150,00 artists, with 24,117 artists served in the past year alone. The foundation of the company's work is the company's belief that artists are vital contributors to their communities. The company is creative, entrepreneurial, and build cross-sector collaborations that help communities tap into the power of their artists. The company's goal is to build a national support system for artists and last year the company saw the company's programs replicated in 23 states. The company is based in Saint Paul and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, which offers the company both an urban and a rural context for the company's work. The company operates with a sense of transformational possibility - the company is excited by the possibilities and fundamentally believe that change is possible. "An innovative center of thought and action about the relationships between artists and the communities in which they live." -The LineRead More