Of Note: Practice Best Practice is offering a free online workshop, Pay Equity & Justice for Freelancers. This workshop is for funders, freelancers and the organizations that hire them. June 29, 2022, 5:30 - 7:30pm. Register Now! Greater Boston Visual Artists The Collective Futures Fund is … [Read More...]
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Hurdling Over Artist Opportunities
Of Note: The Mass Cultural Council offers HireCulture, a free, searchable database of cultural employment opportunities throughout Massachusetts. Be sure to check it out if you’re looking for job opportunities or internships. Call to Artists … [Read More...]
Tapestry of Artist Opportunities
Free Storytelling Workshop Digital Green Card Stories: American Immigrant Narrative, Saturday, June 18, 11AM-1PM, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St #200, Boston, MA. Immigrant stories are a significant part of American history, but are often ignored or … [Read More...]
A Portrait of Artist Opportunities
Today! Free Workshop for Performing Artists Mass MoCA's Assets for Artists Program provides free workshops for MA artists and performers. The next workshop is Negotiating Pay and Pricing as a Musician with Billy Dean Thomas, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 … [Read More...]
Fellows Notes – Jun 22
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. The slideshow features images from some of this month's artists. To see more samples of their work, be sure to visit our online … [Read More...]
Learning to Be Auntie’s Baby
Artists Simone John (Poetry Fellow '20) (aka Simone Ivory) and flowerthief (one half of the music duo Optic Bloom) collaborated to create the audio poetry project, Auntie's Baby. Auntie's Baby draws on the artists' multidisciplinary background, … [Read More...]
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Summer 2022 Workshops for Artists
Mass Cultural Council is thrilled to be a funding partner with MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists (A4A) program in a series of artist-focused webinars and workshops, this Spring and Summer 2022. All workshops listed below … [Read More...]
Mass Open Studios Apr-Jun 22
Mass Cultural Council believes that the work of individual artists is essential to our vibrant communities. If you're interested in supporting and connecting with artists in your very own neighborhood, consider attending … [Read More...]
Heather Kamins, Author of The Moth Girl
On March 8, 2022, 7 PM ET, Heather Kamins (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '16) has a virtual book launch event for her young adult novel The Moth Girl (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books 2022), hosted by Odyssey Books in South … [Read More...]
Mythology and Traditional Stories in Art
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked a group of artists, How do mythology, fables, folk tales, and traditional stories impact your art? Poet Kirun … [Read More...]
Crowdfunding and Membership Platforms as an Artist
Let's say you have an in-progress creative project (a film, music album, graphic novel, etc.) and you want funding so you can realize your vision. Or let's say you have a steady output of work (a bi-weekly publication … [Read More...]
Captioning Your Videos
If you've made a video but haven't added captions, have you really said enough? You've created a video. It could be a work of art itself, or a documentation of another work (a dance or interactive installation, for … [Read More...]