Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Give Locally
updated 12/8/24
This list was started from a @valleyartsnewsletter instagram post about giving locally during the COVID lockdown (*see note at bottom of page). It was posted here to make it easier to follow links to these local organizations. Give what you can to help. Support local ♥
This list hass expanded to include any arts non-profits in the valley and local artist/maker/creator patreon accounts. It's a work in progress. Want to add to this list? Send me an email.
Local Orgs that support BIPOC & Social Justice Issues:
- 16 Lyrics / instagram / facebook
- Ahadi Scholarship Fund
- Arise for Social Justice / instagram / facebook
- Art for the Soul Gallery / instagram / facebook
- Attack Bear Press / instagram / facebook
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke / facebook
- Center for New Americans / instagram / facebook
- Community Foundation of Western MA / instagram
- Community Legal Aid / facebook
- EmbraceRace / instagram / facebook
- Enlace de Familias/Holyoke Family Network
- Franklin County People's Fund
- Gandara Center / instagram / facebook
- Gardening the Community / instagram
- Girls Inc. of the Valley / instagram
- Great Falls Books Through Bars / facebook
- Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley
- MA Jobs with Justice / instagram / facebook
- Martin Luther King Family Services
- National Priorities Project / instagram / facebook
- New North Citizens' Council
- Nuestras Raices / instagram
- Nueva Esperanza / instagram / facebook
- Pioneer Valley Workers' Center / instagram / facebook
- Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts / facebook
- Self-Evident Education / facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice, Western MA chapter / facebook
- Springfield Boys & Girls Club / instagram
- Springfield Partners for Community Action / facebook
- Springfield Cultural Partnership / instagram
- Springfield Rescue Mission / instagram / facebook
- The Association of Black Business & Professionals / facebook
- The Boys & Girls Club Family Center / instagram / facebook
- The Brick House Community Resource Center / facebook
- The Care Center / instagram / facebook
- The Carlos Vega Fund
- The David Ruggles Center for History & Education / instagram
- The Markham-Nathan Fund For Social Justice / facebook
- The Nolumbeka Project / facebook
- The Pan African Historical Museum USA / facebook
- The People's Medicine Project / instagram / facebook
- The Resistance Center / instagram
- Urban League of Springfield / instagram / facebook
Local branches of national orgs that you can give to directly:
Local Arts Orgs:
- 50 Arrow Gallery / instagram / facebook
- Academy of Music / instagram / facebook
- Art for the Soul Gallery / instagram / facebook
- Artspace Community Arts Center / instagram / facebook
- ArtWorks Westfield / instagram / facebook
- Attack Bear Press / instagram / facebook
- Available Potential Enterprises (A.P.E. Gallery) / instagram / facebook
- CitySpace Easthampton / instagram / facebook
- Community Music School Of Springfield / instagram
- Easthampton City Arts (ECA) / instagram / facebook
- Easthampton Clay - The Manny Rodriguez Scholarship
- Flywheel Arts Collective / instagram / facebook
- Fresh Paint Springfield / instagram / facebook
- LaunchSpace / instagram / facebook
- Leverett Crafts & Arts / instagram / facebook
- Looky Here / instagram / facebook
- Make-It Springfield / instagram / facebook
- Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts (MIFA) / instagram / facebook
- Multi-Arts / facebook
- NEVA Museum
- Northampton Arts Council / instagram / facebook
- Northampton Center for the Arts / instagram / facebook
- Northampton Community Arts Trust / facebook
- Northampton Open Media / instagram / facebook
- Piti Theatre Company / instagram / facebook
- Resilient Community Arts / instagram / facebook
- Shea Theater Arts Center / instagram / facebook
- Snow Farm, The New England Craft Program / instagram / facebook
- Springfield Cultural Partnership / instagram
- The Creative Coaching Fund
- The Art Garden / facebook
- The LAVA Center / instagram / facebook
- The Performance Project / instagram / facebook
- Valley Arts Mentors
Local Creatives on Patreon: A sweet affordable way to help support local artists and creators for as little as $1 a month
- Aaron Wood is creating art
- Anja Schütz, Secret Places is creating her next body of work
- Anne Thalheimer is creating comics & stories & art
- Attack Bear Press is creating community arts and engagement
- Maria Williams is creating poems, essays
- Meat For Tea are creating Arts and Literary Journals and Podcasts
- Sean Wang is creating RUNNERS - The Comic
- Stormslegacy is creating Creature Illustration and Art
- The Shoestring is creating The Shoestring
* from the 6/17/20 instagram post: hi friends, i was inspired to make this list by Jason's video at @attackbearpress (and because i love to make lists). His point is that giving to national organizations is good but there are so many local nonprofit organizations that assist BIPOC that need your support. Our neighbors, our community right here need support. Give local and buy local whenever you can. Donate to them, follow them, boost their reach. This list includes nonprofit orgs in the valley that deal with racism, social justice, immigrant protection, food insecurity, education, healthcare, and more - many issues that disproportionally affect BIPOC communities. Also art/culture orgs that are run by and/or directly support BIPOC artists and communities.
