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Announcing the 2021 Artist Fellowships Grant Cycle

December 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

Lucy Kim (Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Fellow 19), detail of STEPHEN MARINO, FITNESS TRAINER 2 (2016), oil, paint, acrylic paint, resin, epoxy, fiberglass, 92x60x3 in, Photo Credit: Tony Luong.

Mass Cultural Council believes that the work of individual artists is essential to a thriving society. We are excited to announce the launch of the 2021 grant cycle of the Artist Fellowships to support Massachusetts artists and the excellence of their creative work. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously-judged awards, with grant decisions based solely on the … [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...]

New Work New England

March 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) has announced an exciting new grant opportunity for New England performing artists: New Work New England. What does it fund? New performing arts work in New England. It awards grants of $7,500-$15,000 to support the creation of new work that has the potential to engage multiple New England communities. The program has a special … [Read more...]

Mary Bichner: Seeing Music

August 22, 2018 Leave a Comment

Mary Bichner is a composer, orchestrator, and performer whose opera-in-progress, The Memoirs of Antonina, will have a special concert reading at Central Square Theater (Sep 2, 2018, 7 PM, free but reservations required). We asked the artist about her unique musical mind, the support she's earned from funders and organizations, and what's next in her intriguing and colorful … [Read more...]

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

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