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August 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

NEW: Mass Cultural Council's Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Individuals are unrestricted $5,000 grants to creatives and gig workers to support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and set a path for growth. Read the program guidelines. Key dates for this program include: Application opens: … [Read More...]

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Dinora Justice (Painting Fellow '22), PORTRAIT 37, AFTER DELACROIX'S WOMEN OF ALGIERS (2021), Oil on hand-marbled Acrylic, 52x58in.

Artists and Creative Gig Workers: Apply for a Cultural Sector Recovery Grant

We are pleased to share that Mass Cultural Council is now accepting applications to the Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Individuals. This $15 million one-time FY23 grant program is funded through state pandemic recovery monies Mass Cultural … [Read More...]

Andrae Green (Painting Finalist '22), DIVERS II (2021), oil and acrylic on canvas, 36x48in.

Artist Fellowships Paused for 2023 Grant Cycle

Mass Cultural Council plans to pause the Artist Fellowships Program for the current grant cycle (Fiscal Year 2023). Pending confirmation by the Agency's governing Council in late August, this would mean no Artist Fellowships applications will be … [Read More...]

Artist Opportunities Puppy Love

Call for Plein Air Artists The First Plein Air Paint Festival will be held during Town Day Festivities and within the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden in Arlington, MA on September 17, 2022, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM.  Accepted artists will be notified … [Read More...]

The Universe is My Regalia, a painting by Erin Genia.

Supporting Indigenous Artists: Who Defines Culture?

On Mass Cultural Council's Power of Culture blog, multimedia artist Erin Genia, an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and a Mass Cultural Council Outreach Coordinator, wrote an intriguing post about institutional barriers to supporting … [Read More...]

Brooke Stewart (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '22, A VISIT WITH NANE (2022), Woodblock: 1/4 inch cherry plywood, spray paint and oil based ink, print: oil based ink on masa paper, 96x72 in.

Fellows Notes – Aug 22

Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. For event-based listings, always confirm event details with the listed venue. Roya Amigh (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '20), … [Read More...]

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From the Archives

AUNTIE'S BABY by Simone Ivory and Flowerthief

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' … [Read More...]

Imo Imeh (Painting Fellow '22), ANGEL LANDING (2020), Oil paint, India ink, and charcoal on unstretched canvas, 100x84 in.

Awards to Artists in Drawing & Printmaking, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting

Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the Fiscal Year 2022 Artist Fellowship awards in Drawing & Printmaking, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. The awards include 34 fellowships of $15,000, and 58 … [Read More...]

Marilyn Pappas, NEVERTHELESS SHE PERSISTED II (detail)

Stress and Burnout as an Artist

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we wanted to revisit a question we first posed in 2018, How do you deal with stress and burnout, as an artist? Artists … [Read More...]

Studio Views: Nilou Moochhala

Artist Nilou Moochhala has embarked on a heartfelt work, "Reflecting on our Pandemic Experience: A 2021 Public Art Project". The work consists of 100 mixed media drawings printed on meditation flags at Menotomy Rocks … [Read More...]

From WARM & FUZZY FEELS by Chanel Thervil, image courtesy of The Boston Children's Museum.

How Do You Keep Your Creative Practice Sustainable?

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. We were curious about sustainability. How do artists make sure they can consistently maintain their practice, be it through the lens … [Read More...]

A mural-in-progress by Kim Carlino (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '16), part of the Fresh Paint Springfield project.

Artists: Connect with Your Local Community

When individual artists approach Mass Cultural Council looking for support and opportunities, we point them toward our Artist Fellowships (unrestricted monetary awards in recognition of artistic excellence) and ArtSake … [Read More...]

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