Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Resources for Artists: Grants / Financial Assistance / Workshops / Webinars
updated 10/7/2024
Resources that may be helpful for western MA visual artists and creative small businesses. Note that many grants have deadlines to apply. Also keep an eye on the local "Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities" section in the weekly newsletter.
- Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice via NEFA - deadline 10/21/2024
- Grants for Creative Individuals via MCC - deadline 10/24/2024
- Studios at MASS MoCA Residency - deadline 11/8/2024
- Public Art for Spatial Justice via NEFA - deadline 12/2/2024
- Creative Sector Pathway Program via LaunchSpace
- Artist Opportunities: September and October via Creative Capital
- September Jobs & Opportunities via NEFA
- Free Professional Development Workshops for Artists from Assets for Artists
- Free Business Basics Webinar via Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) - workshops held first Mondays and third Thursdays
- Activists & Artists in Residence at Kripalu
- Creator Fund via Creative Capital
- BridgeSong Fund: Emergency Relief for Western MA Women, Nonbinary, and Genderqueer Artists of Color
- Emergency Grants from Foundation for Contemporary Arts - monthly
- Jar of Love Microgrants for Creatives of Color from ARTNOIR - rolling deadline
- Rural Relief Small Business Grants - new round coming
- The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant for painters, printmakers, and sculptors - no deadline
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants - no deadline
- AES Resource List (UMass Arts Extension Service)
- Emergency Aid from Artists' Fellowship
- Arts Resources from NALAC
- Western Massachusetts Community Mutual Aid
- Small Business Legal Clinic at WNE School of Law
- Artist Resources from CUE
- Leveler's Peer to Peer Wealth Distribution
- Emergency Grants from CERF+
