Nayana LaFond (Grantee '23), ANONYMOUS, WOMAN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO, from the PORTRAITS IN RED series, acrylic on canvas, 24x36 in. You're a Massachusetts artist or culture bearer, and you're looking for grants. Here are some ideas. Direct Funding from Mass Cultural Council Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners should check out our … [Read more...]
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Fundamentals of Applying for Grants
You, too, can craft grant applications that soar. This article is adapted from a presentation at the TransCultural Exchange Conference in Boston, November 4, 2022. It covers the fundamentals of applying for grants as an artist or culture bearer. WHY Why apply for grants? It's an important question, because even in the best of circumstances, grant applications take time … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding and Membership Platforms as an Artist
Let's say you have an in-progress creative project (a film, music album, graphic novel, etc.) and you want funding so you can realize your vision. Or let's say you have a steady output of work (a bi-weekly publication or a new song a week) requiring resources to continue making and sharing. Traditional grant programs (such as our Artist Fellowships or Local Cultural … [Read more...]
Captioning Your Videos
If you've made a video but haven't added captions, have you really said enough? You've created a video. It could be a work of art itself, or a documentation of another work (a dance or interactive installation, for instance), or a reading of a literary work, or an explanatory video, or any number of the ways creative people utilize moving images. If your video includes sound … [Read more...]
Art in Response to Art
It can be a slow burn or a lightning strike: the spark of an idea for a new work of art. Sometimes it starts when one artist experiences another artist's work, a journey as audience that leads to an exploration as creator. We're interested in art made in response to other art. So we asked artists, What are your experiences creating work inspired by - or that inspired the … [Read more...]