SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS, Saint Paul, Minnesota, received a two-year grant of $62,000 in support of professional development services for emerging artists. This arts service organization builds the reciprocal relationship between artist and community, so that artists are active, engaged, organized, and valued for the contributions they make. The mission of the organization is to cultivate a vibrant arts community by connecting artists with the skills, contacts, information, and services they need to make a living and a life. Springboard offers economic development services to artists, including workshops, one-on-one consultations, career counseling, fiscal sponsorship, an incubator program, loans, emergency grants, health care resources, attorney referrals, publications, resource guides, organizational consulting, an artist resource center, and a patron education program. Springboard works with individual artists in all disciplines and small to mid-size arts and cultural organizations in the five-state Upper Midwest. Jerome support is dedicated to activities that support emerging Minnesota artists.