Printmaking Residency Zea Mays Printmaking is offering a Residency Fellowship. The residency fellowship included the artist(s) a private studio (the Annex) within the larger Zea Mays Printmaking facility, use of Zea Mays' etching, photopolymer, screen printing, digital and letterpress facilities and … [Read More...]
Recent Posts
Encapsulated Artist Opportunities
Call for Participants Join Urbano Project and Teaching Artist Mary Teuscher for a new collaborative workshop series: Dance Sketch Book Portals! Our project with DSBP focuses on movement generation and will culminate in a video "performance." Each … [Read More...]
Winter/Spring ’23 Artist Workshops
Mass Cultural Council believes it's essential to support artists' careers. That's why we are proud to be a funding partner with MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists (A4A) program to support a series of artist-focused webinars and workshops this Winter and … [Read More...]
Veterans, Gold Star Families Get Free Lifetime Pass to National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, other Public Lands
On Veterans Day 2022, the National Park Service announced a lifetime pass providing free entrance to national parks for Veterans and their families. The Interagency Military Lifetime Pass waives entrance fees for the National Park Service and the … [Read More...]
Handing Out Artist Opportunities
Artist Survey Mass Cultural Council is currently undertaking a strategic planning process which will establish goals and shape the Agency's direction for the coming years. We're doing this with the support of a local consulting firm, Strategy … [Read More...]
Fundamentals of Applying for Grants
You, too, can craft grant applications that soar. This article is adapted from a presentation at the TransCultural Exchange Conference in Boston, November 4, 2022. It covers the fundamentals of applying for grants as an artist or culture … [Read More...]
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Western Bootmaking Apprenticeship with Sarah Madeleine Tierney Guerin and Diana Wagner
Tabla Apprenticeship with Sandeep Das
From the Archives
Mass Open Studios Nov-Dec 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...]
How Has the Pandemic Impacted Your Creative Practice?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we decided to return to a question we first asked in Summer 2020: How has the pandemic impacted your creative … [Read More...]
Message to Yourself as a Younger Artist
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we decided to return to a question we first asked in 2018: If you could deliver one message to yourself as a younger artist, … [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...]
Write an Artist Statement People Will Want to Read
Brief and attention-grabbing - but beyond that, this fellow’s artist statement could use some work. Few artists enjoy writing them. Some, if pressed, might admit they don't look forward to reading them. But chances … [Read More...]