Mass Cultural Council is thrilled to announce a partnership with MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists program to present a series of webinars and workshops for artists, Spring and Summer 2021. With the COVID-19 pandemic's devastating effect on practicing artists, Assets for Artists (A4A) has redesigned its business and financial education programming to provide artists with … [Read more...]
Self-Employed Artists/Creatives: Info about PPP Loans
Assets for Artists, an artists service organization based at MASS MoCA, posted a useful and informative article about how individual artists/self-employed creatives may be eligible to apply for the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program for potential forgivable loans to keep businesses afloat amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. From Assets for Artists: The … [Read more...]
Apply Now to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Individuals
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
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?
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 practice? Cat … [Read more...]