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Grants for Creative Individuals Program Deadline Today The Mass Cultural Council is currently accepting applications for the Grants for Creative Individuals program. This program aims to equitably advance creative expression throughout the Commonwealth with unrestricted grants to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative individuals. Grants are $5,000. Learn more.
Deadline Today: October 27, 2026
Community Conversations MASSCreative advances the advocacy learning, cross-sector alliances and organizing efforts necessary for a more equitable and inclusive arts, cultural and creative sector for all in Massachusetts. Join MASSCreative in a series of conversations:
- Berkshire County Community Conversation, October 29, 2026, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Colonial Theater, Pittsfield
- Greater Boston Community Conversation, November 4, 2026, 6:00-8:00 PM at The Foundry, Cambridge
- Greater Merrimack Valley Community Conversation, November 12, 2026, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Creative Haverhill Gallery, Haverhill
- Metrowest Community Conversation, November 14, 2026, 2:00-4:00 PM at the GEMS @ The Arts, Framingham
- Franklin County Community Conversation, November 17, 2026, 10:00AM-12:00 PM at the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield
- Plymouth County Community Conversation, November 19, 2026, 5:00-7:00 PM at the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton
Upcoming Creative Space DNA Sessions In partnership with the ArtStaysHere Coalition, Mass Cultural Council invites you to be a part of the Creative Space Development Network Accelerator (DNA). Monthly Zoom sessions bring together artists, cultural organizations, entrepreneurs, developers, and anyone operating and advocating for creative space in their community. Upcoming sessions include Municipal Creative Trusts (October 30, 2026), Adaptive Reuses of Houses of Worship (November 20, 2026).
Collective Works: Creative Entrepreneurship Summit on November 7, 2026 from 9:30am-4pm. Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Collective Works brings together creative entrepreneurs from every discipline across Massachusetts for one day of candid conversations about what it really takes to thrive in today’s creative economy. Whether you’re an artist, designer, musician, freelancer, student, or founder — if your creative practice is your livelihood (or you’re building toward that), this summit is for you. Come exchange ideas with fellow creators, gain practical strategies from seasoned entrepreneurs, and connect with key support organizations at our resource fair. Tickets: $25 General Admission, $10 Student. Learn more.
Call for Public Art The Harvard Ed Portal is commissioning a new spring 2027 mural for their front plaza on Spurr Street. They welcome both new and seasoned muralists to propose bold, site-responsive ideas that spark connection, inspire joy, community, and wonder. Artists are also encouraged to experiment or add an interactive element. Priority for Allston-Brighton & Cambridge creatives; open to all local artists. Learn more.
Deadline: November 5, 2026 at midnight
Call to Artists The Bristol Art Museum is currently accepting entries for their regional juries show Here & Now. Submitted artwork may be contemporary, conceptual, traditional or literal responses reflecting the places, people, waterways, landscapes, architecture, working waterfronts, and communities that shape our region. Learn more.
Deadline: November 8, 2026
Drawing As part of an ongoing commitment to promote drawing practices in the visual arts, the University of North Carolina Asheville (UNC Asheville) invites artists to submit entries to the 18th Annual International Juried Exhibition of contemporary drawing. Open to any traditional or experimental drawing media, welcoming two- or three-dimensional works, video, and/or installation. Fees: artist may submit one entry for a non-refundable fee of $30. Each additional entry, including detail images, is an additional non-refundable fee of $5 each, limit 6 entries total Learn more.
Deadline: November 29, 2026 by 11:59 p.m.(MDT)
Call to Artists 6 Bridges Gallery in Maynard is accepting proposals for the 2027 exhibit rentals in our Bridge and Alcove Gallery spaces. Learn more.
Deadline: December 1, 2026
Call to Artists Worcester Center for Crafts | NE Black Artists Collective are currently accepting entries for the exhibition Whats the Word?: By Us and About Us. The theme of the fourth annual exhibition aligns with the national theme for Black History Month as determined by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The 2027 theme explores how African American communication, identity expression, and activism have evolved over time. The NEBAC encourages submissions from visual artists working in any medium–sculptors, photographers, mixed media creators, interdisciplinary artists, and painters. Learn more.
Deadline: December 1, 2026
Choreographers, Circus Artists Next Steps for Boston Dance is one of the only grants that supports you in getting to the next step in your career. You determine the direction; you decide how to use the funds. No project needed. Six to seven grants will be awarded to artists working a variety of dance and circus genres. Selected artists will be at different career stages: at the beginning of a professional career, mid-career, and well-established. Learn more.
Deadline: December 11, 2026 by 5:00 pm
Call to Undergraduate Student Artists Arts Worcester is accepting entries for the Twenty-Third Annual College Show, a juried exhibition open to all undergraduate college students studying at any Massachusetts college or university, in any major. This year’s selections will be made by juror Viera Levitt, Gallery Director at UMass Dartmouth. Learn more.
Deadline: December 16, 2026, 11:59 PM
Propose a Festival Event Mass Poetry welcomes you to propose a program for the 2027 Massachusetts Poetry Festival. The majority of Festival programming is chosen from among these community proposals. Proposals will be evaluated and selected by our Programming Committee, which is made up of poets from across the Commonwealth. Learn more.
Deadline: January 15, 2027
Call to Artists The Cape Cod Museum of Art is accepting entries for their international juried exhibition Positive Correlations. This International Exhibition will be prominently featured at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in our expansive Hope / McClennen Gallery. All interpretations of the theme Positive Correlations will be considered by our juror, to be announced. The juror will award three monetary prizes: $500, $200, and $100. A $25 fee will be collected for each artwork submitted. Please be sure to include all your artwork submissions (maximum of five (5) artworks) in one application, as you will not be allowed to submit more than one application. Learn more.
Deadline: February 8, 2027, at midnight Eastern Standard Time
Poets Submit to the First Poem Contest The Mass Poetry Festival’s opening headline event will open with the reading of poems from members of our New England community! 1st place comes with a prize of $250. Two honorable mentions will be awarded $50 each. Learn more.
Deadline: March 15, 2027
Image credit: John James Audubon print of a Raven. Courtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.
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