• Home
  • About
  • Mass Cultural Council Support for Artists
  • Contact

Massachusetts Cultural Council

ArtSake - New work & the creative process

  • Artist Opportunities
  • Creative Space Classifieds
  • Artist Voices
  • Working Artist Toolkit
  • Fellows Notes

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding: A Primer

May 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

This is an updated version of a previously published article. So, you have a creative project (an unfinished film, music album, graphic novel, etc.) and you want funding so you can adequately - make that epically - realize your vision. Instead of relying solely on traditional grant programs (such as our Artist Fellowships or Local Cultural Council grants), which may or … [Read more...]

James Rutenbeck on The Clemente Project

April 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

James Rutenbeck's latest film-in-progress, The Clemente Project, explores the The Clemente Course in the Humanities, a tuition-free, college-level course targeting adults from disadvantaged backgrounds. The film tells the stories of participants in Dorchester, such as Kafi Dixon, a recently evicted MBTA bus driver, and Carl Chandler, a father/grandfather/mentor in a struggling … [Read more...]

Seth Lepore: Transforming Performing Arts Careers

October 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

Performing artist, educator, and artist-advocate Seth Lepore has launched a crowdfunding campaign through HatchFund. He's writing a new book, Ruthless Reciprocity, and wants to create a living document to transform the performing arts community. The book will focus on building a career as a performing artist, entirely from an artist's perspective. Based in part on Seth … [Read more...]

Dance Artist James Morrow: Sweaty Epiphany

September 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

Dance artist James Morrow (Choreography Fellow '14) has launched a crowdfunding campaign for his upcoming event Sweaty Epiphany, October 23-24, 2015 at the Dance Complex in Cambridge. The event, Morrow's Boston-area introduction, explores performance and ability, patriarchal culture, and the convergence of public and private reality, and will include work by Morrow as well as … [Read more...]

Paul Turano on Wander, Wonder, Wilderness

September 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Paul Turano set out to make a personal, nonfiction film about urban green spaces  - but the project wandered into a new realm. The resulting work, Wander, Wonder, Wilderness, is a multi-faceted, participatory documentary project. Fresh off screenings at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Boston, the artist has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the ongoing work. We … [Read more...]

Next Page »
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Join our Artist News email list

Mass Cultural Council Gallery

View more than 3,000 works by Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Fellows & Finalists online

Categories

  • accessibility (31)
  • advocacy (39)
  • archival image (189)
  • art + science (20)
  • artist to artist (96)
  • artist voices (405)
  • arts business (72)
  • arts education (4)
  • arts law (10)
  • business of art (1)
  • call to artists (631)
  • ceramics (37)
  • communities (3)
  • conceptual art (17)
  • covid-19 (18)
  • crafts (137)
  • creative space (48)
  • crowdfunding (19)
  • cyber art (35)
  • dance (134)
  • digital art (1)
  • DIY (15)
  • documentary (5)
  • drawing (171)
  • emerging (7)
  • environmental art (88)
  • fellows notes (184)
  • fellowships (80)
  • fiber (4)
  • fiction (33)
  • film/video (241)
  • from the archives (5)
  • funding (240)
  • guest blogger (25)
  • honors (38)
  • installation art (154)
  • interview (100)
  • literature (380)
  • metalwork (4)
  • mixed media (92)
  • music (151)
  • nano-interview (86)
  • nonfiction (23)
  • open studios (31)
  • opera (4)
  • our events (44)
  • our exhibitions (56)
  • painting (258)
  • paper (7)
  • performance art (24)
  • philanthropy (6)
  • photography (211)
  • playwriting (19)
  • poetry (53)
  • public art (97)
  • reading (7)
  • recent posts (584)
  • residencies (126)
  • screenwriting (20)
  • sculpture (156)
  • skills building (76)
  • storytelling (1)
  • studio views (61)
  • technology (1)
  • textile (8)
  • theater (181)
  • three stages (17)
  • tips (98)
  • traditional arts (44)
  • trends (122)
  • useful links (99)
  • video (15)
  • visual arts (58)

Homepage banner artwork: Detail of "folding a season" (2016, acrylic on board, 27x24 in) by Ilana Manolson (Mass Cultural Council Painting Fellow ’08, ’18).

Copyright © 2021 · Mass Cultural Council

privacy policy · terms & conditions of use · access policy