Medford Arts Council
Established in 1980, the Medford Arts Council works to bring high-quality cultural programming to the community, increase public access to Medford’s many cultural assets, and promote favorable conditions for our creative economy.
On an annual cycle we offer grants to artists, writers, performers, instructors, and cultural organizations seeking to engage the Medford public. We also help sponsor new public arts and humanities initiatives in Medford.
The funds we distribute are an annual allocation from the Massachusetts Cultural Council through their Local Cultural Council program. The Council also receives funding from the City of Medford.
The Council funds public events like the Arts Across Medford festival, Circle the Square, and West Medford Open Studios, as well as dozens of concerts, classes, field trips, performances, and other activities in disciplines including dance, theater, music, science, history, literature, craft and design, and the visual arts.
Contact
[email protected]
781-393-2454
www.medfordartscouncil.org/
Address
85 George P. Hassett Drive
Medford, MA 02155-3299
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Application Information
FY27 details to come.
FY26 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Anand, Divya | Artepreuners Integenerational Program | $1,200 | Arts Collaborative Medford Inc. | Medford Porchfest | $3,500 | Arts Collaborative Medford Inc. | Spring Poetry Festival during National Poetry Month | $3,000 | Arts Collaborative Medford Inc. | Mystic Art Crawl | $5,000 | Bates III, Davis R. | Celebrating the Season: A Halloween Harvest | $350 | Bodies Moving | Let's Move! Summer Dance Series | $2,000 | Brereton, Laura | Brooks Elementary School 3rd Grade Songwriting Project | $1,500 | CACHE in Medford, Inc. | Mystic River Celebration | $5,000 | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | Medford Moments: Capturing the legacies of our senior population | $1,000 | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | Family Craft Nights | $877 | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | Maker Fair | $2,500 | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | It's Rocket Science Week | $2,000 | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | Back Bay Ringers | $600 | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | Fairy Tale Ball | $1,500 | Consentino-Vilorio, Kerry | Pebble Art & Sea glass design workshop | $400 | Dickson, Glenn | 19th Century New England Music for Brooks Estate | $1,300 | Dussault, Ava | Breathe & Read: Storytime, Yoga, and Art for Children | $900 | Fasciano, Ella | Sonder Scribbles — A Community Project Celebrating People’s Power | $503 | Fox, Daniel | Music for Medford Seniors | $800 | Harding, Ashley | Imagination Engine Teen Art Group | $500 | Herman-Haase, Eileen | Social Partner and Line Dance Workshops with Dance Caliente | $1,200 | J Enterprising Productions LLC | Dances in Progress | $2,500 | Juventas Music, Inc. | Medford Public Library Concert and Community Sing | $2,500 | KevTech Services, Inc. | Digital Art and Photography Classes | $500 | Klein, Ellery | Traditional Music Series at Arts Collaborative Medford | $600 | Looking Back at Medford History Inc. | Sixth Annual Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day | $1,875 | MacInnes, Rebecca | Soloveychicks Concert of Yiddish Song | $750 | Medford Community Chorale, Inc. | “You Are My Inspiration” | $1,000 | Medford Council on Aging | Harmony & Hope: Singing to Uplift the Spirit | $1,000 | Medford Farmers Market, Inc. | Music at the Medford Farmers Market | $3,600 | Medford Jazz Festival Inc. | Medford Jazz Festival | $2,000 | Medford Public Schools | Mat Heagerty School visit -Creative Collaboration in Comics | $3,700 | Medford Recreation Department | Condon Shell Summer Concert Series | $3,000 | Missituk Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, Inc. | Brazilian Beats School-wide Assemblies: A sampler of Brazilian drumming and dancing from Bahia, Brazil | $2,225 | Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc. | Art Flows to the River | $2,500 | Nocera, Josef | The GemsTones 50s Dance Party | $2,500 | Pham, Windy | Voices of Heritage: AAPI Art & Education Workshop | $750 | Pustizzi, Katie | Liquid Spine Eco-Dance Performance | $1,000 | Roberts Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, Inc. | Roberts Arts Night | $1,500 | Tedesco, Daniella | The Screenless Project: Creating together across languages | $320 | The Delvena Theatre Company, Inc. | Bon Voyage Forever | $795 | The Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition (GMAACC) Inc | Imagine Medford Books: Community Care | $2,000 | The Queer Neighborhood Council, Inc. | Sew Gay Club | $1,800 | Todhunter, Stephanie | Unreliable Witness | $600 | Torgerson, Mark | Musi, Kadanz Jazz | $1,300 | Trisano, Marcelo | FM Collective: Pop-Up Latin Hip-Hop & Jazz in the Square | $2,370 | True Story, Inc. | Stories of families & support: across culture, race, and economic differences | $1,500 | West Medford Community Center, Inc. | Fresh Fridays Words and Music | $1,250 | White, Nerida | Maternal Journal | $1,250 | Willis, Christine | Accessible Art: Community Workshops Initiative | $2,000 |