Of Note: Creative Sector Day at the State House On April 30th from 10 AM – 3 PM, members of the arts and cultural community from across the Commonwealth will join together at the State House to celebrate the contributions of artists, cultural organizations, creative businesses and arts workers to Massachusetts. Creative Sector Day will start with a formal program in the morning and include performances and exhibits throughout the afternoon. Learn more and register.
Call for Crafting Vendors: Friends of Veasey Flea Market The Friends of Veasey Park invite local crafters and artisans to their annual Flea Market on March 29, 2025, 8 AM – 2 PM in Groveland, MA. Rent a table (8′ $30, 6′ $25, 4′ $20) to sell your amazing goods! Questions, contact Claire Walsh: 978-376-6779 or clairew1401@aol.com. Learn more.
Call to Artists, Performers MASSCreative seeks artists, cultural organizations, and creative businesses across disciplines to join us as featured exhibitors and performers during the 2024 Creative Sector Day at the State House on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Creative Sector Day at the State House is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions that artists, creatives, cultural leaders, and organizations make in Massachusetts. Throughout the day, we will host performances, displays and demonstrations by members of the creative sector in the Great Hall and the Grand Staircase. Performances and displays will be open to the public from 1 pm – 3 pm and all selected participants will receive a $300 stipend for participating. Learn more and apply.
Deadline: April 1, 2025
Call to Artists Artist Open Call: Join the Somerville Art Fair (SAF). Professional artists are invited to apply for the upcoming art fair event series hosted at Upstairs at Bow. This is a unique opportunity to connect directly with the vibrant Somerville community. Our mission is to show that original art is within reach, creating opportunities for artists to place their work in homes and businesses throughout the area. Learn more.
Deadline: April 1, 2025
Call to Artists The Cambridge Art Association invites artists 18 and older, and based in New England, to submit to their upcoming exhibition called Sincerely, [Your Name Here] . All visual media will be considered (2D, 3D, video). Artwork will be installed at the CAA’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery. The juror is Dell Marie Hamilton. Learn more.
Deadline: April 1, 2025
Call for Proposals: Workshops, Demos and Artist Talks (Summer 2025) The Monotype Guild of New England has a call for proposals. The Duxbury Arts Complex Museum (ACM) is offering the use of its teaching studio for printmaking workshops during the 2025 MGNE 6th National Juried Exhibition Monotype Guild of New England: 40 Years of Unique Prints. Location: Duxbury Arts Complex Museum, 189 Alden St., Duxbury in Massachusetts. Learn more.
Deadline: April 7, 2025
Of Note: 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. The first-ever Poet Laureate of Massachusetts is a new, honorary position intended to promote poetry and creative expression across the state. The Poet Laureate will receive a $15,000 honorarium. Learn more.
Deadline: April 10, 2025
Request for Proposals for the Worcester Catch Basin Murals The Catch Basin Mural Project is a public art initiative designed to raise awareness about the impact of pollution on Worcester’s waterways. Catch basins, which serve as drainage points for city streets, are a direct link between our neighborhoods and local bodies of water, including lakes, ponds, and rivers. However, these basins are often mistaken for trash receptacles, leading to harmful waste—such as litter, chemicals, and pet waste—being washed into our water systems. Through this project, artists will transform select catch basins into vibrant murals that visually communicate the importance of clean water and responsible waste disposal. By using art as a tool for education and advocacy, we aim to encourage the community to protect Worcester’s waterways, reduce pollution, and foster a deeper connection to our local environment. The artist stipend for this project is $600. Learn more.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
Call for BIPOC Playwrights Entries are currently being accepted for the Lift Every Voice Short Play Festival of BIPOC playwrights (May 29-30, 2025). If you are a playwright of color in the Boston area with a story that speaks to the beauty and strength of your culture, we invite you to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: March 31 2025
Choreographers and Teaching Artists Calling choreographers and teaching artists looking to keep your artistry alive and growing. Join the Jacob’s Pillow 2025-26 Curriculum in Motion™ Institute to renew your choreographic practice through community partnerships. Apply today and take advantage of the extended Early Bird registration rates through April 14. Applications accepted through May 12. Questions? Contact community@jacobspillow.org or 413.243.9919 x074. Learn more.
Career Skills Workshops For Artists Are you an artist looking for guidance on working in arts management? Cambridge Arts and the city’s Community Development Department offers free on-line workshops to help emerging artists develop their career skills. Arts Management 101 – Monday, April 7, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. Get an introduction to the field of arts management, explore the different roles in the industry, and learn how you can pursue a career behind the scenes while supporting the arts you love. Learn more and register.
Public Art Learning Fund Have an opportunity for professional development in mind? The The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Public Art Learning Fund (PALF) provides grants of $500 to $3,000 to support professional development opportunities for New England artists to strengthen their public art practices. Learn more.
Deadline: April 14, 2025
Writers Grant The Letras Boricuas Fellowship is a partnership between The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund to support writers and poets in Puerto Rico and across the Puerto Rican diaspora in the US. The program offers a $25,000 unrestricted grant to emerging and established Puerto Rican writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and children’s literature. Learn more.
Deadline: April 30, 2025, 11:59 PM
Poets With the support of the Adrienne Rich Literary Trust, The Beloit Poetry Journal is accepting entries for the Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry. $1,500 prize for a single poem. The judge is Nikky Finney. Learn more.
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Artist Residency The Studios is MASS MoCA’s artist and writers residency program situated within the museum’s factory campus and surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire Mountains. Operated by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, the residency runs year-round and hosts up to 10 artists at a time. Artists of any nationality can apply for stays of 2 or 4 weeks. Learn more.
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Call for Fashion Designers: Rubbish to Runway Re-Fashion Show Fundraiser. Veasey Park invites innovative fashion designers to transform discarded materials into stunning fashion pieces for the Rubbish to Runway re-fashion show fundraiser on June 27th & 28th. Celebrate sustainability and creativity while supporting Veasey Memorial Park. Learn more.
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Mural Prize The Abbey Mural Prize awards grants to support the creation and restoration of public murals in the United States. Since 1940, the National Academy of Design has awarded funds to hundreds of individuals or organizations who are building on a tradition of public murals as instruments of social activism, neighborhood revitalization, and community engagement. Juried by artist and architect members of the National Academy, the Abbey Mural Prize supports projects with grants typically ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. Grants are awarded to create or restore public murals, especially those that promote accessibility and serve local audiences. While murals are conventionally defined as paintings or mosaics on a wall, the prize also encourages proposals that broaden and expand the definition of what a contemporary mural can be. Learn more.
Deadline: May 2, 2025
Call to Artists In Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter, Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, invites U.S.-based artists of all backgrounds to submit work that embraces queer experiences. We welcome diverse media that engage with gender, sexuality, community, and resistance. Artists who identify as LGBTQIA2S+ and allies engaging thoughtfully with queer narratives are encouraged to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: May 4, 2025
CERF+’s Craft Emergency Relief Fund CERF is a national, nonprofit organization that offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. To qualify for an Emergency Relief Grant, applicants need to be craft artists who are 18 years of age or older. They must have been living and working in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the past two years. Additionally, they should not have received an Emergency Relief Grant in the previous year or exceeded the maximum lifetime limit of 4 grants. Learn more.
Deadline: Ongoing
Image credit: Color photograph of the full cast from We Are the Land. We Are the Land is a community devised play that shares the Wampanoag experience. Created by the cast as a response to the Plymouth 400 celebrations, We Are the Land premiered in Plymouth, UK at Theatre Royal Plymouth in April 2023. It was later remounted in Boston at the Majestic Theater in partnership with ArtsEmerson. We Are the Land will take the stage at Tilden Arts Center at Cape Cod Community College Wednesday April 29th and Thursday May 1st, 2025!
Full cast – Melvin Coombs, AudreyAna Harding, Jasmine Rochelle Goodspeed, Paula Peters (Sonkwaban), Michelle St. John, Troy (Neesweekôkôtyak) Currence, Carol Wynne (Smiling Wind), Stephen Hendricks, Hartman Deetz, Vanessa Mendes, Jim Peters (Tumunk), Kitty Hendricks Miller (Nanaweetah), Asa Peters (Monomoscoy), Nelson Andrews & Aiden Andrews.
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