Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Resources for Artists: Grants / Financial Assistance / Webinars
updated 1/19/22
Resources that may be helpful for western MA visual artists and creative businesses. I will add more to this post as I find them, note that many grants have deadlines to apply. Many of the COVID-19 resources are still being updated so keep checking them for new info. Also keep an eye on the local "Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities" in the weekly newsletter.
- Empower Digital Grant from MGCC - rolling deadline
- Artist Fellowships from MCC - 1/24/22 deadline
- Collaborative Workspace Program from MassDevelopment - 1/24/22 deadline
- Biz-M-Power from MGCC - 1/24/22 deadline (next round begins 1/25/22)
- Grants for Arts Projects from NEA - 2/10/22 deadline
- Winter 2022 Online Artist Workshops for Artists from Assets for Artists
- Spring 2022 Online Artist Workshops for Artists from Assets for Artists
- January Jobs & Opportunities via NEFA
- Artist Opportunities in January and February via Creative Capital
- Comcast RISE - 6/17/22 deadline
- Jar of Love Microgrants for Creatives of Color from ARTNOIR - rolling deadline
- Development of Digital Capabilities Grant via MGCC - rolling deadline
- Shelburne Falls/West County Area Grants from Greater Shelburne Falls Area Business Association - rolling deadline
- Artist + Activist Relief Fund from The Soze Foundation - waiting list
- Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund - paused, updates TBA
- 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
- Shuttered Venue Operators Grant from SBA
- Recover, Rebuild, Renew Series from MCC
- Western MA Microenterprise Forgivable Loans via Franklin County CDC
- COVID-19 Resource list from NEFA
- Western Massachusetts Community Mutual Aid
- Small Business Legal Clinic at WNE School of Law
- Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Artist Resources from CUE
- Leveler's Peer to Peer Wealth Distribution
- Covid-19 Freelance Artist Resource
- Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
- Senator Jo Comerford's Constituent Resource Guide (info for MA small businesses and unemployment)
- Resources from CERF+ (The Artists Safety Net)
- Coronavirus Resource and Response Center from American for the Arts
- Financial Relief Resources for Artists During COVID-19 from Artwork Archive
- COVID-19 Resources from the MCC
- Small Business Assistance for COVID-19 from mass.gov
- Emergency relief info and resources from Assets for Artists
- COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations from the NEA
- COVID-19 Emergency Funding and Artist Resources
- Resources for Artists in the COVID-19 Crisis, Emergency grants, freelance resources, legal aid, and more
- Emergency Funds – All Art Forms from womenarts.org
