Massachusetts Poet Laureate In February, Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order creating the first-ever Poet Laureate of Massachusetts. This new, honorary position is intended to promote poetry and creative expression across the state, serve as the Governor and Lieutenant Governor’s ambassador of the arts, and inspire the next generation of writers. Mass Cultural Council is proud to administer the application process, which is now open. Learn more.
Deadline: April 10, 2025
Mass Cultural Council, in collaboration with Diversity North Group, just released the 2024 Massachusetts Cultural Asset Inventory. This comprehensive project, which took place from February 2024 to December 2024, identifies and documents thousands of cultural organizations, programs, and individuals contributing to the state’s vibrant cultural landscape. The Cultural Asset Inventory provides a wealth of information that will be instrumental in informing future cultural policies, programs, and initiatives. Mass Cultural Council will host several convenings to present the findings of the Cultural Asset Inventory and take questions. Register to join us and learn more: March 21, 2025 – Cultural Asset Inventory Virtual Lunch & Learn Webinar, 12-1:30pm. March 25, 2025 – Cultural Asset Inventory Webinar, 4-5:30pm.
Professional Development Content Strategy for Artists: Promoting Yourself and Your Work, a free online series. With the power of their social media and digital content, artists can start promoting their projects years before their opening, screenaing, or publication. In the final session of the three-part Artist Lab series, Content Strategy for Artists: Promoting Yourself and Your Work, on March 26, 2025 at 1PM EST with Robin Cembalest. Learn more and register.
Action Alert MASSCreative, the statewide creative sector advocacy organization, is collecting signatures for a letter to House Leadership in support of Mass Cultural Council’s FY26 $28M budget request. This is a great chance to add your name and let your Representative know that public funding for arts and culture is a priority for you. Sign the letter by March 31, 2025.
The Women’s Independent Film Festival The Women’s Independent Film Festival is a chance to share and celebrate greatness in the world of female filmmaking. Our incredible community ranges from directors, to producers, to screenwriters, to actors, to content creators! Whatever the medium: We build this festival to shed light, deliver opportunity and celebrate the achievements of women in the world of filmmaking, storytelling and beyond! Learn more.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Cultural Employment Opportunities Looking for a job in the creative sector? Hire Culture, is the Mass Cultural Council’s free, searchable database of cultural employment opportunities throughout Massachusetts. Check out the listings in your region.
Artist Residency Applications for the Artist Residency Program at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in New York Mills, MN are now being accepted. The residency program is open to artists of all disciplines, writers, poets, playwrights, visual artists, musicians, and dancers, and offers time and space to create without distraction. Artists are responsible for their own transportation to and from New York Mills, MN, and food while in residence. The Cultural Center provides a one-bedroom home, with all linens, dishes, etc. The Center requests that artists perform an outreach project, usually within the schools. For questions contact cheryl@kulcher.org. Learn more.
Deadline: April 4, 2025
Call for Workshop & Program Proposals: The Monotype Guild of New England is seeking proposals by artists and art educators for a series of paid hands-on workshops, print demonstrations, gallery and artist talks in conjunction with their upcoming national juried exhibition “40 Years of Unique Prints” at The Art Complex Museum in summer 2025. MGNE welcomes proposals for programs related to the exhibition for a range of audiences, printmaking techniques and artistic levels. Collaborative community outreach event proposals are also encouraged. Learn more or contact connect@mgne.org.
Deadline: April 7, 2025
BCA Studio Residency Program The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) Studio Residency program is designed to foster and support experimentation and new art being created in Boston. The program provides selected artists with affordable work-only studio space in BCA’s Artist Studios Building in Boston’s South End, along with substantial program benefits, including external curatorial visits, exhibition opportunities, networking events, and more. Learn more.
Deadline: April 13, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2025
Call for Art The 2025 Art on the Trails outdoor exhibition will be installed in the Beals Preserve, Southborough, Massachusetts on Saturday, June 14. It will remain in the Preserve until September 14, 2025. The juror is sculptor Madeleine Lord. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2025
Year-Long Ceramic Artist Residency at Mudflat In 1996 Mudflat began offering a one-year residency position to clay artists. This highly competitive program provides a private studio space at no cost with access to Mudflat’s facility, a monthly materials stipend, a monthly housing stipend, and opportunities to teach and sell work. Mudflat is a clay studio for students and artists of all ages and levels in metro Boston area. Learn more.
Deadline: April 16, 2025
2025 Congressional Art Competition, officially sanctioned by the U.S. House of Representatives. If you are a student residing in the MA 4th District, you can submit one original piece for consideration in the Congressional Art Competition through the office of Congressman Auchincloss. Each year, the Congressman assembles an independent panel of artists from across the Massachusetts 4th District to select the winning submission. This piece will be sent down to Washington, DC to hang in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. Learn more.
Deadline April 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
Poets The Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry includes a cash award of $3,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, 20 copies of the winning title, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion. Manuscripts are judged anonymously and all finalists will be considered for publication. Please read the complete guidelines before submitting your manuscript. Learn more.
Deadline: April 30, 2025
The Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency Assets for Artists applications are now being accepted for January – June 2026 Residencies with Fellowship & financial aid support available. We welcome applications from artists of all disciplines, at all career stages, and from all walks of life! Applications are available in English and Spanish. Our Fellowship opportunities for this open call include: General Fellowships, Puerto Rico Artist Fellowship, University Fellowships. In addition to our full fellowships, we also offer robust, partial financial aid to all attendees who need it. Simply fill out the quick financial questions at the bottom of your application and indicate whether you would like to be considered for partial need-based aid if you are not awarded a fellowship. Learn more.
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Cape Cod Artists Grants The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod has opened its next round of grants for both individual artists as well as organizations on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Applications will go to support arts projects and programs. This funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) along with a match from the Arts Foundation. Learn more.
Deadline: May 2, 2025
Boston Dancemakers Considered Boston’s most comprehensive dance-focused residency, the Boston Dancemakers Residency is designed to support new work from conception to performance. Two choreographers selected for this opportunity will receive incubation elements for research, experimentation, production and marketing support, business practices, artistic risk-taking, and growth within the dance industry in a customized manner for the artist’s practice. Learn more.
Deadline: June 2, 2025 by 11pm.
Free Regional Directory CreativeGround is a project of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA.) It is the dynamic regional directory that celebrates the vital work of New England’s creative people and places. CreativeGround is a community-generated and free tool that supports a region-wide creative network. Learn more about how to get listed in CreativeGround.
Image credit: Black & white photograph of Mary Edwards Walker, 1832-1919, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly right; holding umbrella; in top hat and tails. 1st woman Army medical officer (Civil War); suffragette and dress reformer. Created / Published c1912. From the collection of the Library of Congress.
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