Mass Cultural Council has a wide range of resources for working artists. We’ve compiled links to funding, services, blog posts, and other forms of support to serve as useful tools in your work as an artist.
MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL FUNDING FOR ARTISTS
- Artist Fellowships: direct grants to individual artists in a variety of categories (program on pause FY23)
- Traditional Arts Apprenticeships: grants for the teaching of traditional arts
- Local Cultural Council Program: grants to artists and groups in local communities
- STARS Residencies: grants to schools to fund residencies, including those by artists
FUNDING RESOURCES
- ArtSake’s weekly round-up of calls-to-artists and other artist opportunities
- Fundamentals of Applying for Grants
- How to find funding as a Massachusetts artist or culture bearer
- Tips on applying for an Artist Fellowship
- Artist Travel, Residencies, and Exchanges
- Crowdfunding and Membership Platforms as an Artist
- Interview with Gigi Rosenberg, author of The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing
JOBS/SALES/CREATIVE SPACE
- Need a job in the arts? Go to hireCulture.org
- Need gigs in the arts? Create a profile on CreativeGround
- Need sales opportunities for your art? Locate and join an open studios event in your community
- Need a creative space or live/work space? Have a space you’d like to list? Check ArtSake’s Creative Space Classifieds
USEFUL TOPICS EXPLORED ON ARTSAKE
- Artist Discussions: we pose questions to artists in a range of disciplines, focusing on topics affecting their work and lives
- Virtual Programming: Getting Started
- What we mean by “Anonymous Review”
- Captioning your videos
- Connect with your local community
- Writing an Artist Statement
- Tips for artists on approaching funders
- Advice for artists holding open studios
- Getting more out of getting online
- Finding presentation opportunities for your visual art
- Copyright, Appropriation, and Intellectual Property for Artists
UNIVERSAL DESIGN
- Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design
- Read insightful tips about interacting with people with disabilities
- Free tools and tips from the National Center for Accessible Media
- Learn about exhibitions at VSA Massachusetts Open Door Gallery
- Learn about Cultural Access New England (CANE).
- Learn about the Institute for Human Centered Design’s programs and resources
Images: work in progress in the studio of Janice Jakielski (Crafts Fellow ’19).