MCC Support for Artists
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 (includes Printmaking/Artist Books), Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, Film and Video, Music Composition, Painting, Photography, Playwriting/New Theater Works, 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.
- Organizational Support – grants to artist-run and arts service organizations.
- Creative Schools – grants for artist residencies in schools.
- 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 – works collaboratively to create a stable yet dynamic environment for Massachusetts artists and to support their increased contributions to our society and local communities. They achieve this mission by taking a leadership role on the artist space issue by providing individual artists, developers, and municipalities with targeted information and technical assistance and by advocating for relevant policy changes at the state level.
- MCC Advisor Corps – Artist-run organizations can apply to receive up to two days of one-on-one consulting services that address specific issues of organizational health and capacity at minimal cost. Advisors have expertise in areas such as fundraising, marketing, audience development, strategic planning, board development, staff development, capital campaign readiness and more.
- Creative Teaching Partners – A juried list of teaching artists to help schools locate artists who have extensive experience working in-depth with youth in both in-school and after-school settings.
- 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.
