Please note: the Artist Fellowships Program is on pause this grant cycle (Fiscal Year 2023). In the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Program, we instruct our panelists to make their grants decisions based on two criteria*: Artistic quality Creative ability Given that all decisions are based solely on your art, you might conclude that the best advice might … [Read more...]
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Artists on How They Get By
On June 4, 2014, a group of artists are convened at Lesley University in Cambridge for an event called How We Get By, about the realities and struggles of artists' financial lives. Tim Devin, one of the event organizers and a past guest blogger for ArtSake on copyright issues, has written this guest post about what transpired on June 4 and where the "getting by" conversation … [Read more...]
How We Get By
How do artists earn their living? How do they support their creative endeavors? Do they support themselves via their art alone, or augmented by other work? In short: How do artists get by? A group of artists are convening at Lesley University in Cambridge on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 7 PM, to discuss these very questions. The event is free and open to all. More about … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding: a Primer
We noticed a large number of Massachusetts artists launching crowdfunding campaigns this month, and we thought it would be a good opportunity to update this previously published article about crowdfunding as an artist. So, you have a creative project (a yet unfinished film, music album, novel, interactive crochet installation, etc.) and you want funding so you can adequately … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Arts + Tech Networking Opportunity
The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) now offers a Nonprofit Arts Community of Practice, a place where people working at the intersection of the nonprofit arts sector and technology can share ideas, resources, and anything else that comes to mind. Next call: September 22, 2015 at 2pm ET How is mapping technology informing the narrative of art-making and … [Read more...]