Youth Scholarship for Students
Deadline: November 1st, 2025
The Youth Scholarship of $300 for grades 3–6 and $500 for grades 7–12, will provide select students the opportunity to study their chosen art with a practicing professional artist, attend an arts workshop, series of classes or special training opportunity. These activities must be within the state of Minnesota only. Artistic areas include dance, literature, media arts, music, theater, visual art, folk and traditional art, etc.
These scholarships provide students in grades 3-12 the opportunity to study their chosen art with a practicing professional artist by taking lessons, and/or attending an arts workshop, series of classes, or special training opportunity. These activities must take place within the state of Minnesota. Payments are made directly to the independent instructor or an arts organization providing the training.
The scholarship can be used to take lessons or pay fees to a private instructor or a non-profit arts organization serving youth. Examples include: Area Art Centers, Dance Conservatory of Southern MN, Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra, Mankato Ballet Company, Mankato Children’s Chorus, Mankato Playhouse, Mankato School of Music, New Ulm Suzuki School of Music, other youth dance or music organizations, or art centers and groups which offer art classes to youth, etc.
Students may not use this scholarship to participate in a school or organization band or choir trip, or other arts or music trips.
Grant Amounts:
$300 for Grades 3-6
$500 for Grades 7-12
Prairie Lakes values an equitable, diverse, and inclusive community and this is reflected in our policies and program for youth. We are committed to countering systemic inequities that exclude individuals and communities from access to the arts based on race, gender, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography. We encourage all to apply and to submit their application in the language that is the most comfortable.