ArtSake

The Massachusetts Cultural Council has a wide range of resources for working artists. We’ve compiled a “kit” of funding, services, blog posts, and other forms of support to serve as useful tools in your work as an artist.

MCC FUNDING FOR ARTISTS
Artist Fellowships: direct grants to individual artists in a variety of categories
Traditional Arts Apprenticeships: grants for the teaching of traditional arts
Local Cultural Council Program: grants to artists and groups in local communities
STARS Residencies: grants to schools to fund residencies, including those by artists
New England Presenting and Touring Grants: Meet the Composer and NEST touring grants through New England Foundation for the Arts

FUNDING RESOURCES
Tips on applying for an MCC Artist Fellowship
ArtSake’s weekly round-up of calls-to-artists and other artist opportunities
How to find funding as a Massachusetts individual artist
Interview with Gigi Rosenberg, author of The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing
A Primer on Grants and Residencies by author/blogger Mira Bartok
A Primer on Crowdfunding

JOBS/GIGS/SPACE
Need to find gigs in the performing arts? Need to hire a performing or teaching artist? Go to MatchBook.org
Need a job in the arts? Go to hireCulture.org
Need an artist space? On ArtistLink.org, you can find or list artists’ live/work space on the ArtSpace Finder, and learn more in the space toolbox
Need sales opportunities for your art? Locate and join an open studios event in your community

USEFUL TOPICS EXPLORED ON ARTSAKE
Useful links for artists (general)
How do you incorporate the “true” in your art?
What’s the essence of a portrait?
Getting more out of getting online
Surprising responses to your art
Finding presentation opportunities for your visual art
What makes for a good day job as an artist?
What decision had the most impact on your career as an artist?
Advice for emerging artists
Balancing art with other aspects of your life
Copyright, Appropriation, and Intellectual Property for Artists
Current issues faced by MA choreographers and dancers
Self-publishing
Do-it-yourself book promotion
Perspectives on a writers retreat/conference
Do-it-yourself art presentation
Navigating the landscape for new plays
Impressions of a regional film festival
How can I survive (and thrive) as an artist in tough economic times?
How is the economy affecting your art?
How much art do you give away?
How to preserve digital media (from our sibling blog, Keepers of Tradition)
Horses for Courses: organizations that fill a specific need for artists
Art and Philanthropy: organizations that blend artistic with philanthropic goals
Ask an Arts Attorney: artists submit legal questions pertaining to their creative work, and get an answer on the blog

Images: Sue Aygarn-Kowalski, HAMMER (2009), photo by Dean Powell; Kate Martens, HENNY PENNIES (2010-2011), Terra cotta and slips, 5x3x3 in (each); Paul Cooper hammering, MCC Folk Arts Apprenticeship – Bladesmithing, 2007, photography by Billy Howard.

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