Ethan Murrow (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '16), WOODLAND MADRIGAL - SUCCULENT ODE (2016), graphite on paper 52x36in You're a Massachusetts artist and you're looking for grants. Here are some ideas. (Article updated August 2022.) Direct Funding for Artists When Massachusetts individual artists ask us about grants, our first response is to strongly encourage … [Read more...]
Pucker Up for Artist Opportunities
How many of your new year resolutions have already gone by the wayside? No need to let these artist opportunities melt away. Call for Artist Proposals - Frame 301 Gallery is currently accepting proposals for their alternative exhibition space. Frame 301 is a storefront window that has been converted into an alternative exhibit space on 301 Cabot Street in Beverly, MA. Each … [Read more...]
Phoenix on Microfunding
The Boston Phoenix has an interesting article on how microfunding is proving to be an effective alternative form of support for artists. Boston-based groups like Feast Mass, the Awesome Foundation, and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education's CSArt program aim to make community-sourced funding more democratic and accessible. In a cash-strapped economy where arts funding has … [Read more...]
Mass. Abundance
In our modern world, mysteries abound! On the other hand, so do plastic water bottles. And twist ties (see above). In fact, lots of things abound. Information. Celebrities. Blog posts and websites. Haters and their hatin'. Makers and their makin'. It's been suggested that curation will be increasingly key to our navigation, as a culture, of the overly abundant … [Read more...]
Invisible Instruments Have Been Deemed Awesome
The Awesome Foundation, Boston chapter, just awarded musician and med student Tim Soo one of it's $1000 grants. The foundation, which was launched in Boston and also has LA, Providence, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. chapters, gives no-strings-attached grants to "crazy brilliant" projects (such as a Cotton Candy Cannon or a Big Hammock in the Rose Kennedy … [Read more...]