Attleboro Cultural Council
The Attleboro Cultural Council is comprised of resident volunteers with a passion for our city. We encourage you to be involved as a volunteer or an applicant. Please find more information on our website www.attleboroculturalcouncil.org or by Liking us on Facebook www.facebook.com/Attleboroculturalcouncil
Contact
Heather Rockwood
attleboroculturalcouncil@gmail.com
508-223-2222
Address
Attleboro City Hall
77 Park Street
Attleboro, MA 02703-2334
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Application Information
FY24 Allocation
$37,900
FY24 Local Priorities
The mission of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and its local cultural council partners is “to promote excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.”
The Attleboro Cultural Council (ACC) is a grass-roots organization, funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, to promote culture in the City of Attleboro, Massachusetts. Working through the arts, humanities, and sciences, culture is a dynamic force for enriching communities, growing the economy, fostering diversity and inclusion, and igniting creativity.
The ACC oversees the distribution of Massachusetts Cultural Council grant funds to support programs that promote and maintain the vitality of local cultural resources, and ensures that these resources are shared within the diverse Attleboro community. The ACC is composed of a group of local volunteers, who are appointed by the mayor, and approved by the City Council, to help support and promote activities and the arts in Attleboro.
ACC members annually review applications from individuals, schools, and organizations to fund programs such as concerts, performances, lectures, workshops, art experiences and community celebration/festivals.
ACC goals include:
• Creating an environment for a vibrant and sustainable arts and culture ecosystem.
• Cultivating a city where all cultural traditions and expressions are respected, promoted, and supported.
• Integrating arts and culture into all aspects of civic life.
• Mobilizing likely and unlikely partners and collaborating across institutions and sectors.
The Attleboro Cultural Council gathers input from the community yearly and develops funding priorities based on this feedback. This year the Attleboro Cultural Council will give priority to:
• Projects that serve families
• Projects that focus on community gatherings, building community, and/or active community participation
• Projects that are free or very low cost to participants
• Projects that include an element of active participation for individuals attending the event
• Projects that take place in Attleboro or have Attleboro resident participation
• Applicants that have secured a local venue or have a letter of support from a host venue
FY24 Local Guidelines
In addition to the state criteria, applications will be evaluated using the following review criteria:
• How well the program meets our local priorities
• Community support and involvement
• Ability to address the diverse cultural needs of our community’s underserved populations or support diverse forms of cultural activities
• Financial need
• Proposed projects are well-planned and organized
• Evidence of track record and dedication of the applicant if they have been awarded grants in a previous cycle
• Projects with an admission cost to the public must clearly indicate how grant monies will be used and why they are necessary.
• Proposed programs must take place in calendar year 2024
• Transportation/bus costs, administration, or fundraising expenses will not be funded with grant monies unless there are extenuating circumstances that are clearly explained in the grant application
Applicants can be:
• Arts, humanities, or interpretive science organizations
• Individuals including artists, science educators, historians, musicians, writers or other humanists, parents, community members, etc.
• Community organizations, including but not limited to: schools, social service organizations, civic groups, neighborhood centers, youth, senior and family associations, etc.
• Nonprofit organizations, or unincorporated associations must have a nonprofit purpose.
• For-profit entities that propose projects that provide public benefit.
Timeline
• Completed applications must be postmarked no later than the October 17th deadline stipulated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
• The ACC reviews all grant applications and determines which projects to fund in November.
• Notification of disapproved (not funded) applications are sent by early December.
• The approval letters announcing the award of grant money are generally sent in January.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Reimbursement Grants
FY23 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Applause Academy MA, Inc. | A Round of Applause: 2022-2023 season | $1,000 | Attleboro Community Theatre, Inc. | Partial Funding of ACT's 66th Season of Shows | $5,000 | Attleboro Council on Aging | Music for the Ages | $1,800 | Attleboro Historic Preservation Society, Inc. | Woodlawn Cemetery Interactive Walking Tour | $800 | Attleboro Public Library | Windows to the World: A Mural for Exploration and Education | $3,000 | Chace, Karen A. | Carving Out Your Story | $300 | Crow, Darrell | Romance Of the Tall Ships Art Workshop | $1,100 | Cyril K. Brennan Middle School | Wingmasters with Jim Parks | $600 | Daly, Rachel | Americana and Original works for horn | $300 | Foxboro Regional Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. | Community Engagement Programs | $2,000 | Fuller Craft Museum, Inc. | Craft for Kids | $350 | Guglielmo, Leslie | Patchwork Party | $300 | Illuminate Creative & Theatrical Arts Company, Inc. | Performance Outreach Team | $2,530 | Illuminate Creative & Theatrical Arts Company, Inc. | Puppet Theater | $2,200 | Illuminate Creative & Theatrical Arts Company, Inc. | Illuminate Children’s Theatre | $1,500 | Jewelry City Steampunk Festival, Inc. | Jewelry City Steampunk Festival 2023 | $5,000 | Keep Attleboro Beautiful | Light Box Beautification; Phase 3 | $5,000 | Kennedy-Donovan Center, Inc. | Youth N Yoga at KDC's Attleboro Early Intervention program | $1,000 | Mankita, Jay | Makerspace Build-Along: Artful Mechanisms | $600 | Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild, Inc. | The Massachusetts High School Drama Festival | $750 | Means, Pamela | Pamela Means presents The Power of The Protest Song: Our Shared History and Present Day | $990 | Neponset Choral Society, Inc. | FY 23 Concert Season | $500 | Old Colony Historical Society | Passport to History 2023 | $800 | Rehoboth Minutemen Company, Inc. | 1776 Fashion Show and with HistoricTails | $500 | Ritornello Music | Stories of Resilience: Women Composers of the Baroque | $1,500 | Roundabout Productions, Inc. | Death of a Salesman | $2,000 | Science & Engineering Education Development, Inc. | Bubbling Chemistry at the Library | $425 | Southeastern Massachusetts Arts Collaborative | SMARTS Middle School Gallery Exhibit | $900 | Southeastern Massachusetts Arts Collaborative | Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony | $200 | The Attleboro Museum, Inc. | "High Art" Exhibition: Elemental | $200 | The Attleboro Museum, Inc. | Flower Show 2023 – Animal Education Programs | $375 | The Grace Notes | Grace Notes concerts | $500 | The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee of Greater Attleboro | 36th Annual MLK Holiday Program | $2,732 | Waterman, Jon | Live Music Making History Live | $300 | York, Matt | Johnny Cash - Songs and Stories | $500 |
