Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Resources for Artists: Grants / Emergency Funds / Financial Assistance / Webinars
updated 9/20/21
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.
- Creative Community Fellows via NAS - deadline 9/27
- Change Lab Research Fellow: Indigenous Visibility in Public Art - deadline 9/30
- Art-Train Individual Artist Trainings (via Zoom) - training dates: 10/5, 11/2, 12/7
- 2021 Foundwork Artist Prize - deadline 10/10
- Local Cultural Council Grants via MCC - deadline 10/15
- YoungArts Award Competition (ages 15-18) - deadline 10/15
- The Comcast RISE program for BIPOC-owned small businesses - 10/16 deadline
- Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice via NEFA - deadline 10/18
- Public Art for Spatial Justice via NEFA - deadline 10/18
- STARS Residencies (Students and Teachers working with Artists, Scientists, and Scholars) via MCC - deadline 10/20 (opens 9/22)
- Artist Fellowships via MCC - deadline 10/25
- Public Art Learning Fund via NEFA - deadline 12/13
- Emergency Grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts - 12/13 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
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants
- AES Resource List (UMass Arts Extension Service)
- Emergency Aid from Artists' Fellowship
- Jobs & Opportunities via NEFA
- Free Summer Business Webinars for Artists from Assets for Artists
- Artist + Activist Relief Fund from The Soze Foundation - waiting list
- Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund - paused until late Summer/early Fall 2021
- 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
- Rural Relief Small Business Grants - new round coming
- 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
- The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant for painters, printmakers, and sculptors - no deadline
- 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
- List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak from Creative Capital
- 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
