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...]
Useful Links
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...]
Free Recovery-Focused Financial & Business Webinars
With the COVID-19 pandemic's devastating effect on practicing artists, Assets for Artists has redesigned its business and financial education programming to provide artists with recovery-focused, distance-learning opportunities that largely retain the intimate cohort-focused style of their in-person workshops. These programs allow artists to come together to discuss current … [Read more...]
Julia Csekö: Speaking Truth to Power
Artists and other interested folks can attend a presentation by Julia Csekö this Thursday, November 19, 2020, 6:30 PM EST, as part of the Somerville Arts Council's Home Alone Art Series. The free artist talk is called Speaking Truth to Power. Julia Csekö will share her trajectory as an art maker and community organizer. From the artist's description: I will show a bit of my … [Read more...]
Virtual Programming: Getting Started
It's time to get the future started. Since March 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has separated Massachusetts artists and arts patrons from in-person cultural experiences. There are some exceptions, like outdoor performances at Starlight Square in Cambridge or socially-distanced, timed-entrance indoor attendance at spacious venues like MASS MoCA in North Adams. But … [Read more...]