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Apply Now to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Individuals

January 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

Latin Logic Salsa Band performs at a Mass Cultural Council folk arts showcase in 2018. Photo: Matthew Muise.

Mass Cultural Council is now accepting applications to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Individuals. The Fund provides $1,500 grants to people who have lost income derived from their work as individual artists and independent teaching artists/humanists/scientists as a direct result of COVID-19 related cancellations and closures in Massachusetts. We recognize that the COVID-19 … [Read more...]

Collective Futures Fund: Emergency Relief for Greater Boston Visual Artists

November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

Collective Futures Fund for Greater Boston Visual Artists

The COVID-19 crisis has been devastating for artists throughout the Commonwealth. Visual artists in the Greater Boston area can apply to a new fund created to directly support their recovery. The Collective Futures Fund is a new initiative, administered by the Tufts University Art Galleries, to support artists and artist-run activity in the Greater Boston area. The Fund's … [Read more...]

How Has the Pandemic Impacted Your Creative Practice?

August 25, 2020 4 Comments

Still image from a video by Cat Mazza demonstrating the PANDEMIC VIEWS project.

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. It's hard to calculate the change and disruption the COVID-19 crisis has caused, on every level. We were curious about the ways it might have shifted the trajectory of artists' work. We asked artists in different disciplines: How has the pandemic impacted your creative … [Read more...]

COVID-19 Arts News Roundup May 28

May 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

A periodic round-up for artists of news related to the COVID-19 crisis. State Budget Update The pandemic has canceled, delayed, and/or scrambled plans across the cultural sector. You may be curious how this applies to our annual state budget process. Mass Cultural Council's Communications Director Bethann Steiner explains how COVID-19 is affecting – and possibly delaying … [Read more...]

COVID-19 Arts News Roundup May 18

May 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Alexander Abdulah performing at the 2018 UP Award ceremony, photo by Mercure Photography.

A periodic round-up for artists of news related to the COVID-19 crisis. "In Need Of Love Today: A Multitrack Extravaganza," created by Frank Padellaro and Luke Jaeger (Film & Video Finalist '07) to promote the Northampton Arts Council's COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund. Reopening Plan On Monday, May 18, 2002, Gov. Charlie Baker announced the four phase plan for reopening … [Read more...]

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