Grant Writing
Photo courtesy of MCBA
Kent Aldrich printing keepsake at MCBA, photo B. Bright
Student printing during MCBA workshop, photo B. Bright
Book art continues to expand as a recognized pursuit in higher education and in non-profit arts and educational organizations. Continuing growth in book art has increased a need for funding and collections support.
Advocacy informs and invigorates all of my writing. In the funding arena, I craft grant proposals in a concise yet evocative voice to convey an organization’s guiding vision and its impact on the people it serves.
In addition to the many grants I wrote for Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) while on staff from 1984 to 1993, I served as MCBA’s independent grant-writer from 2012 through 2015. In that period my grants raised over $700,000, which in turn helped this amazing organization affect thousands of lives.