Free Artist Workshops Assets for Artists Workshops at MASS MoCA MASS MoCA is offering free, in-person and online workshops for artists and creatives in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
• Financial Well-Being Through Interdependence with Amy Smith & Makini. Wednesdays, August 30 & September 6, 2023 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (via Zoom)
• Radiant Thriving: Bold Writing for Boundless Artists with Doctora Xingona Diana Alvarez. Wednesdays, September 13 & 20, 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM (in Zoom) This is a 2-part series. Artists are asked to attend both sessions.
• Making a Plan in a Time of Uncertainty with Laura Baring Gould. September 23, 2023 from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (in person) | Northampton, MA. October 3, 2023 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (in Zoom) This is a 2-part series. Artists are asked to attend both sessions.
• ARTISTS U YEAR 2: SPECIAL 6-MONTH PROGRAM Friday, November 3, 2023 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. With additional monthly 90-minute online meetings to be scheduled. Location: Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Free Tax Planning Workshop for Artists Practice Best Practice’s next free workshop for Artists is Tax Planning and Schedule C for Creatives: Filing As a Business Since You Are One, September 13, 2023 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Zoom. Learn more and register.
Dance Archiving Program The Dance/USA 2024 Archiving & Preservation program is open for submissions. Dance artists & organizations are invited to submit letters of interest to work with archival fellows to complete archiving projects. Learn more.
Deadline: September 20, 2023
Artist Residency The Arts Council of Tamworth, New Hampshire. We do two artist-in-residence programs per year at the K.A. Brett School in Tamworth. They welcome artists from Massachusetts and provide a stipend as well as accommodations and meals while they complete the AIR. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, although our deadlines are March 1 for the fall AIR and September 1 for the spring AIR. Learn more.
Of Note: FY24 LCC Program Grant Cycle: Sept. 1 – Application Opens, Sept. 12 – Info Session, Program deadline: October 17, 2023. Learn more. Find your LCC online here.
Youth Art Contest UNHRC, the UN Refugee Agency has announced a Youth with Refugees Art Contest. Calling on young people globally to submit a drawing that illustrates the power of including refugees. This year, the best designs will be turned into t-shirts by their partner UNIQLO and sold to support displaced people globally! Learn more.
Deadline: September 30, 2023
Art Exhibition Proposals Art exhibition proposals are being accepted for the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library. The Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library are gearing up for a new round of submissions to select the exhibitions for 2024 season. These bi-monthly exhibits will be proposal-based and selected by a committee composed by representatives of the Central BPL, JP Branch, Friends of the JP Library, as well as standing members of the local business and arts community. The Friends welcome artists from across New England to submit recent two-dimensional work for a solo or group show, each lasting for two-month periods. There is no specific theme, but artists are encouraged to include work that can be enjoyed by the diverse visitorship of the JP Branch Library, including children, teens, and other community members. The following art mediums will be considered for selection of five (5) solo shows and one (1) themed group show in Drawing, Mixed Media/Collage, Painting, Photography, and Printmaking. Accepted work will be displayed in a public area of the JP Branch Library, and an accompanying reception will be organized by Uforge, our managing partner, on behalf of the Friends. Submission is free. Physical/in-person submissions will not be accepted. Questions, contact gallery@friendsjplibrary.org. Learn more.
Deadline: Digital packets must be received by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Filmmakers Grant The Roy W. Dean Grant winner for Fall will receive $3,000 and thousands more in donated services including a film score as well as animation to help them complete their project. Eligible projects include documentary films, narrative features, short films, and web series. Learn more.
Deadline: October 31, 2023
Public Art Public Art for Spatial Justice aims to support public artmaking that helps us see, feel, experience and imagine spatial justice now, while we are still on this journey towards realizing more just futures for our public spaces and public culture. Learn more.
New Deadline: December 4, 2023
Image credit: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, ca. September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.
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