December 18, 2025

Mankato Makerspace is offering “Arts for All” grants to sixteen individual creatives who want to develop a new skill. This grant will give them $300 in funds to apply towards registration for classes, workshops and memberships to pursue an art discipline that they have been interested in, but haven’t had the chance or means to participate in.

Getting funded for classes & membership:

Grant Amount: One-time amount of $300 to an individual
Deadline to apply: TBD 2026
Must use within 6 months of award notification.

Program Details:

Art for All will supply qualifying participants art and trade skill classes and memberships at no cost.

Program recipients will be able to sign up for classes to engage in these creative pursuits for their own enjoyment, mental health, skill building, or self-sufficiency. Classes are available in metalwork, woodworking, leatherwork, textiles, technology (3d printing and laser engraving), painting and finishing, jewelry, ceramics, lapidary, and more. Memberships give access to shops in the Makerspace after participants have completed required classes and are critical to continued skill development. Art For All will allow participants to enjoy new cultural experiences and perhaps even earn supplemental income through selling their creations or using their newfound trade skills.

Thanks to Art for All, education and memberships at Mankato Makerspace will be free to 16
individuals who qualify.

This program expands services we offer by enabling classes to be free of charge to individuals who
cannot overcome the financial barriers to enrollment or membership.

• Up to 16 households will be served.
• Per grant guidelines and eligibility criteria, applicants should live within Mankato city limits.
• Grant funds are reserved for individuals in households with low or moderate income.

For more information or to apply, navigate to www.mankatomakerspace.org/artforall

Mankato Makerspace is specifically dedicated to providing a safe, exciting place for people of all ages, diversity and preference to learn, share and celebrate being creative.

Classes are taught by educated artists and craftspeople. Several received higher forms of education, and nearly all have been professional artists in one form or another most of their lives.

Providing ways for people to learn, expand their experience and even experience becoming entrepreneurs is life changing. One woman took a class in wood turning at Makerspace. She then volunteered, then became a member, then got a job in carpentry and has now started her own construction company. All because she took a class. The Makerspace provides the tools, space, expertise and advocacy for anyone to make anything.

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Media Contact:
Tyler Vaughan
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