ArtSake

The MCC believes that individual artists – whether emerging, mid-career, or established – are the inspiration and foundation of our vibrant cultural community. Through subtlety of color, texture, sound, word, light and gesture, they mine the depths of our shared humanity, and break down difference. They open minds, transform our hearts, and help shape society. They give us new ways of seeing and new modes of living, confidence in our past and vision for the future.

MCC supports artists across a range of disciplines and cultural traditions, through a broad mix of different funding programs and services.

Funding:

Artist Fellowships

- grants to individual artists in Choreography, Crafts, Drawing, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, Film and Video, Music Composition, Painting, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Sculpture/Installation, and Traditional Arts.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships

- grants to master artists to support the teaching of rare traditional arts.

Local Cultural Council Program

- grants to individual artists and artist groups. See

www.mass-culture.org

for local guidelines.

STARS Residencies

- grants to schools to fund residencies, including by artists

Cultural Investment Portfolio

- grants to artist-run and arts service organizations.

Adams Arts Program

- funding initiatives that connect artists and cultural organizations to local and state economic development efforts, nurture new arts and cultural enterprise development, raise awareness of the Commonwealth’s cultural products, and increase arts and cultural visitors to the state.

YouthReach

- grants for artist residencies in youth development programs.

The New England States Touring Program

,

Expeditions

and

Meet the Composer

, are all programs of the New England Foundation for the Arts that are supported with funds from the MCC.

Services:

Gallery@MCC

- Publicizes and promotes Artist Fellows and Finalists by featuring their images, streaming audio/video, and writing excerpts.

ArtistLink

- A collaborative effort to create a stable environment for Massachusetts artists as they seek workspace and housing.

MatchBook.org

- MatchBook.org is an online cultural marketplace that brings together New England’s performing and teaching artists and the people and organizations who hire them.

hireCulture.org

- A free online job directory, where creative employers and jobseekers click in Massachusetts.

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