Behind the scenes peek in the Artist Opportunities rumpus room. Exhibition Proposals The Gallery at Mount Ida College in Newton, MA currently seeks solo or group show proposals from artists or curators for their upcoming 2012/13 exhibition year. Please send interest by email and state what you are interested in, group, solo, artists involved, images of art work or links to … [Read more...]
Skills Building
New Year, New Artist Opportunities
Forget all those lame new year's resolutions. Explore new worlds. Dasvidania! Call for Student Art Current Greater Boston Area undergraduates and graduates are invited to submit work for Colorful Textures: Synaesthesia in Art 8th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at the Rubin-Frankel Gallery at Boston University. 2-D, 3-D, and digital works will be considered. Three … [Read more...]
To an Artist Seeking Funding
To make art, you sometimes you need to find a way to fund it. These days, that can mean traditional grant funding programs, like Mass Cultural Council's Artist Fellowships or Local Cultural Council grants, or alternative methods like crowdfunding or microfunding. We asked a group of artists and funders: What's the most important thing for an artist to keep in mind in asking … [Read more...]
Tips on Applying for a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship
Mass Cultural Council 2013 Artist Fellowships Program guidelines are now available. Here's some advice as you plan your application. In the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Program, we instruct our panelists to make their grants decisions based on two criteria*: 1. Artistic quality, and 2. Creative ability. "But wait!" exclaims an imagined ArtSake reader. "If … [Read more...]
Funding for Individual Artists in Massachusetts
Here, we look at funding opportunities for artists in Massachusetts (though there may be an opportunity or two in here for those of you who live out-of-state). This article was first created in 2008, but recognizing the funding landscape is ever-shifting, we've snipped its split ends, straightened its lapels, and spiffed it up with updated details. Direct Funding for … [Read more...]