Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2019 Artist Fellowship awards in Film & Video, Music Composition, and Photography. The awards include 18 fellowships of $15,000, and 17 finalist awards of $1,000. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are … [Read More...]
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Enlightening Artist Opportunities
Stand tall. Register to vote. Of Note: Free admission to the Museum of Fine Arts on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2019, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. And starting on May 27, 2019, the MFA is expanding access for military families-active duty and … [Read More...]
Que Sera Sera Artist Opportunities
Crafts Artists Entries are being accepted for the 84th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, one of the oldest juried exhibitions in New England. This annual summer tradition at the Fitchburg Art Museum strives to discover, encourage, and celebrate … [Read More...]
Stairway to Artist Opportunities
Studio Space Do you need affordable studio space? Are you in Beverly, MA or interested in working in this city? Fill out this interested artist survey The purpose of this survey is to identify artists in Beverly, the North Shore, and the Greater … [Read More...]
Fellows Notes – May 19
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. Diane Arvanites and Tommy Neblett (Choreography Fellows '14, '08, '04, '96, '94), Emily Beattie (Choreography Fellow '18), and Joel LaRue … [Read More...]
Artist Opportunities Swarm
Learn more about bees, just because. Short Play Festival The Players Theatre in New York city is currently accepting submissions for their 9th Annual June Short Play Festival. Short Plays and Musicals with a performance time of 15 minutes or less, … [Read More...]
Sean Padraic McCarthy: In the Midst of the Sea
In 2016, Sean Padraic McCarthy won a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction. As he gets ready to publish his debut novel, In the Midst of the Sea on May 1, 2019, we asked him about his new book, the difficult balance … [Read More...]
Videos
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From the Archives
Mass. Open Studios: Apr-Jun 19
Open studios events are great opportunities to experience and support artists working in your very own neighborhood. Check out these April, May, and June Open Studios events in Massachusetts*. SoWa Artist Guild … [Read More...]
Iconoclast of Dance: Adrienne Hawkins
On our podcast, Creative Minds Out Loud, choreographer and master teacher Adrienne Hawkins discusses the field of dance – how the making of, and support for, the work has changed over time, its persistent challenges, and … [Read More...]
Anne Lilly: Hypnotic Sculpture
Mass Cultural Council and the New Art Center (NAC) will present Mass Cultural Council Awardees in Crafts and Sculpture/Installation/New Genres, September 18-October 17, 2015, at the NAC. Anne Lilly, one of the … [Read More...]
Sculptor Niho Kozuru: Structure & Flow
Mass Cultural Council is celebrating 40 Years of Fellowships by sharing video interviews with some of the extraordinary artists who have received Artist Fellowships since the program's inception in 1975. We were … [Read More...]
Funding for Individual Artists in Massachusetts
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. … [Read More...]
Self in Art
Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, How much of the "self" is in your art? At what remove do you keep yourself (as a … [Read More...]