Massachusetts artists are at the heart of our rich cultural life. Using form, sound, color, language, and movement, artists help us interpret our past, understand the present, and envision a better future. Their work breaks down barriers and helps us appreciate what it means to be human. That’s why we believe that supporting artists and art is essential to our mission.
Grants of $1,500 to people who have lost income derived from their work as individual artists and independent teaching artists/humanists/scientists as a direct result of COVID-19 related cancellations and closures in Massachusetts.
Anonymously-judged grants to individual artists in 12 categories
Explore more than 3,000 works by visual, literary, media, and performing artists distinguished through our Artist Fellowships
Grants for one-on-one apprenticeships in the traditional arts
Mass Cultural Council's blog celebrating new work and the creative process
Project grants to artists and groups for the benefit of local communities
Resources to connect you with existing spaces or to help develop new spaces
A weekly round-up of residencies, grants, calls to artists, publications, and more
A free, searchable database of creative employment opportunities throughout Mass
Grants to nonprofit organizations to present New England performing artists
Grants to schools to fund residencies by artists, scientists, and scholars
A free online directory including profiles for artists of all disciplines. A product of the New England Foundation for the Arts
Online collection of fieldwork by folklorists celebrating the many cultural traditions that coexist in Mass
Grants to support programs that use history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines, primarily to deepen public understanding of current social, political, and economic issues, thereby enhancing and improving civic life
