Pittsfield Cultural Council
With funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Pittsfield Cultural Council (PCC) provides grants to help underwrite projects, programs, and events in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences. We are committed to supporting the work of local artists, cultural institutions, and schools, as well as the work of community members who identify as Black, Indigenous, POC, LGBTQX, refugees, immigrants, or people living with disabilities. Our ultimate goal is sustaining and enriching the diverse creative community of the city of Pittsfield, with a focus on making cultural activities accessible and engaging to all.
Contact
Marilyn Gerhard
[email protected]
413-442-6120
Address
PO Box 1192
Pittsfield, MA 01201-6250
Application Information
FY27 details to come.
FY26 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Arts in Recovery for Youth | Arts in Recovery for Youth (AIRY) | $1,000 | Berkshire Art Association, Inc. | BAA Biennial Show 2026 | $1,000 | Berkshire Children's Chorus, Inc. | Joyful Voices of Berkshire Children; North, South and Central County | $1,000 | Berkshire Concert Choir, Inc. | Berkshire Concert Choir 2025-6 Concert Season | $1,250 | Berkshire County Arc | Music Therapy | $1,000 | Berkshire Garden Center, Inc. | Farm & Garden Afterschool Program at Herberg Middle School | $400 | Berkshire Lyric Theatre,Inc. | Educational Programs and Concerts | $1,000 | Berkshire Music School, Inc. | Pay-What-You-Can Community Group Classes | $2,500 | Berkshires Jazz, Inc. | Berkshires Jazz Summer Showcase | $1,500 | Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Limited | Pittsfield Makes Comics | $1,250 | Clay, Sarah | Day Dream | $700 | Downtown Pittsfield Cultural Association, Inc., The | First Fridays Artswalk (FFA) and Art in the Park | $1,000 | Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. | Pittsfield Beautiful – “Where Nature and City Meet” Storefront Paint Project | $1,000 | Elizabeth Freeman Center, Inc. | Healing Through Harmony – Music Therapy for Survivors | $2,500 | FIRTELL, Diane | Plein Air at Roots Rising | $750 | Geraldi Folegatti, Luiza | All the power / Todo el poder | $1,000 | Greenagers, Inc. | Greenagers Education and Environmental Stewardship | $1,000 | Heart & Soil Collective Inc. | Community Cooking Days | $2,500 | Hernández, Maurice A | Spanish community magazine: Revista Somos Berkshires | $1,000 | IS183, Inc. | Visual Arts Programming for The William Stickney Pittsfield Adult Learning Center | $1,000 | Katunemo | Katunemo Community Exhibition | $1,250 | Latinas413 | Sewing Workshops | $1,250 | Leff, Alex | The King Is Dead, Now What? The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy | $1,000 | Literacy Network of South Berkshire, Inc. | LitNet's Storytelling Project | $1,250 | Literacy Volunteers of Berkshire County, Inc. | Project 45: Celebrating 45 Years of Literacy and Community through Music | $1,750 | Maichack, Mary Jo D. | Girl Talk: Finding Your Voice: Storytelling for Older Girls | $487 | Mandel, Bruce | “The View From Behind This Guitar” | $550 | Meli, Amanda | Songbird Soul | $350 | Neill, David | Patriotic music by the Fanfare Brass Ensemble | $625 | Nutshell Playhouse, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse at Kidzone | $800 | Parisi, Rita | Women of '76 | $625 | Ricci, David | From Antique Fairs to Photobook – Unpacking American Cultural Identity | $350 | Rites of Passage and Empowerment | R.O.P.E.Celebrates Black America | $1,140 | Roots Rising, Inc. | Pittsfield Farmers Market | $1,250 | Ross, Sheldon | Ragtime Five Brass Quintet | $600 | Ryan, Elizabeth | Totality | $720 | Santangelo, Jay | First Line: Community Storytelling & Performance SeriesProject Title: Depot After Dark: Free Summer Dance Series | $1,250 | Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | 2026 Fall Festival of Shakespeare | $1,250 | Small Planet Dancers | The Roaring Twenties | $600 | Staples-F, Noel | African Rooted Dance and Drum | $1,000 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Celebrate Malinke Culture from Guinea: Drum, song and culture w/ master artist Bolokada Conde | $600 | The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Inc. | Recovery Rewards: Healing Through Art | $1,254 | The Eagles Band, Inc. | Eagles Band Colonial Theatre Free Annual Concert | $1,750 | The Stockbridge Sinfonia, Inc. | The Stockbridge Sinfonia Summer Concert Series | $1,250 | Trustees of Berkshire Athenaeum | Berkshire Book Con: A Celebration of Reading & Writing | $2,000 | Tupper, Lara | Memoir Writing: What's Your Story? | $425 | Van Egmond, Timothy | Performances For Baby Animals Festival at HSV | $140 | Witt, Mary | Music for Community | $400 |