Amherst Cultural Council
The Amherst Cultural Council allocates state Arts Lottery funds, but it is directed to support and nurture arts activities in the community by seeking private or other public funds and initiatives.
Contact
Matt Holloway & Julianne Applegate - Co-Chairs
chair.of.amherst.cultural.council@gmail.com
413-259-3002
Address
4 Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002-2302
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Application Information
FY25 details to come.
FY24 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1794 Meetinghouse, Inc. | Quabbin Valley Pro Musica 2023-2024 Season | $250 | Amherst Art Alliance, Inc. | Art In Community II | $1,752 | Amherst Cambodian Exhibit Committee | Cambodians in Amherst: A History of the Khmer Community Opening Festival | $1,000 | Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Inc. | Juneteenth and $5 Family Films | $1,500 | Amherst Community Theater | Theater Access Tickets for Amherst Community Theater show "Seussical" | $1,000 | Amherst Historical Society | Strings at the Strong 2024 | $1,800 | Amherst Regional High School | Youth Voice Through Hip Hop Arts | $1,500 | Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools Multilingual Parent Advisory Council | Linguistic Heritage Celebration | $1,300 | Ancestral Bridges Foundation, Inc. | Reclaiming Our Narrative: Blacks and Indigenous in Amherst since 1776 | $2,000 | Antenna Cloud Farm, Inc. | Antenna Cloud Farm Music Festival & Retreat | $250 | Arcadia Players, Inc. | Arcadia Players 34th Season | $1,250 | Black Business Association of Amherst Area, Inc. | Still We Rise: Black Celebration Series | $3,000 | Center for Human Development, Inc. | All In! End-of-Year Recital | $3,000 | Charlemont Forum | Summer Speakers Series 2024 | $150 | Collaborative for Educational Services, Inc. | Amherst Kindergarten Readiness Music Performance | $350 | Comeau, Robert | South Amherst Cemetery and Commons Historical Tour | $170 | Elkus, Eli | Musical Storytelling & Folk Music at Amherst Farmers' Market | $450 | Empowerment Through The Arts, Inc. | Habitat Habitat: The Animal's Point of View | $1,500 | Escamilla, Marshall | Discovering Dinosaurs in the Pioneer Valley: A Place-Based Science Podcast for Kids | $800 | Ferguson, Carrie | Carrie Ferguson and The Grumpytime Club Band | $500 | Freedman, Robert | MY MAMA AND THE FULL SCALE INVASION | $800 | Friedman, Andrew D. | FLOW @ the Farmers Market | $300 | Fullerton, Sean | CREEQUE ALLEY: A Tribute to American Folk Music and 1960's Folk Rock | $450 | Hampshire Young People's Chorus | 25th Anniversary Concert | $700 | Harris, Susan Yard | Susan Yard Harris: Dialogue with a Collection | $500 | Harvester, Hannah | Climate Cafe Series | $250 | Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program, Inc. | Hilltown Youth Recovery Theatre | $1,000 | Holt, Terry | Electrify Amherst | $850 | Human Agenda Theater | Human Agenda Theater 2024 Season | $400 | Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Inc. | Community Frostiana Performance for Frost's 150th Birthday | $750 | Leader, Rachel | KlezCummington 2024 | $600 | Lepere, Dawn | LeFever performing at The Strong House | $400 | Lippert, Sophie | Connections Concert Series | $900 | Local Access to Valley Arts | On the Boards '24 | $200 | MUSIC Dance.edu | 1. I am Autistic I am Fantastic 2. Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! | $800 | Martinez, Deliabridget | Salsa con Tacos Latin Dance | $1,500 | McClung, Melissa E. | Robert M. McClung Project (Moths & Flutterbies) (working title) | $750 | Medeiros, Michael | Every Day More Fathomless | $500 | Michaux, Sophie P. | Tiny Glass Tavern concert and singing workshop: The Hagiography: A Musical Pilgrimage through the Lives of the Saints | $300 | Mohawk Trail Concerts, Inc. | Summer Festival 2024 | $250 | Montague Shakespeare Festival | Montague Shakespeare Festival | $1,000 | Mothers Institute for Collaboration and Art | MICAfest Art for Change: The M/others' View | $750 | Music On Main: Concerts at First Church | Unsilenced - Hearing Afghanistan Today Activist music of composer & pianist Arson Fahim a conversation and chamber music concert with Arson Fahim & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble | $500 | Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc. | 2024 Youth Performance Festival | $800 | Novi Cantori of Greater Springfield, Inc. | Choir Concert on Mental Health | $700 | Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation, Inc. | Wednesday Folk Traditions 2024 | $1,000 | Real Live Theatre | RLT presents "When The Mind's Free" | $600 | Restless Books | Amherst Immigrant Writing Workshop / Translating Emily Dickinson's Poetry w/ Children | $2,400 | Root, John A. | Welcoming Pollinators | $250 | Silverthorne Theater Company, Inc. | Summer 2024 Season | $2,000 | Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School | The Viking Runestone | $275 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | SSO Musical Petting Zoo | $750 | Survival Centers, Inc. | Tunes@Noon | $1,000 | Swift, Joshua | Accessible Improvisation: Creative Dance Classes | $650 | The Downtown Amherst Foundation, Inc. | Free programmiing/ events in support of the ARHS performing arts department | $2,500 | The Nolumbeka Project, Inc. | Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music and Cultures | $700 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Children's Songs and Singing Games Family Concert | $500 | Valley Art Salon | The ArtSalon | $400 | Valley Arts Mentors | Mentorship Program and Webinar Series | $325 | Valley Light Opera, Inc. | Iolanthe | $750 | Weaver, A. C. | Shabbtai Tsvi | $800 | the Wizard, Ed | Magic for Seniors | $450 |
