Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire
CCNB regrants funds from the Mass Cultural Council to individuals and organizations for projects in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences.
Eleven municipalities are represented. These municipalities are: Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, Monroe, Savoy & Williamstown.
Contact
Nicholas Rigger
nicholas.rigger@gmail.com
413-441-7401
Address
PO Box 227
North Adams, MA 01247-0227
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Application Information
FY25 Allocation
$89,500
FY25 Local Priorities
Our council represents 11 mostly rural towns. We prioritize funding events and projects taking place within these municipalities, and/or if the applicant resides in one of our 11 municipalities.
Encourage activity that involves collaboration and grows community.
We aim to strike a balance between supporting new and previously funded projects, as well as individual and organizational funding needs.
FY25 Local Guidelines
Venues: If the proposal involves a venue, the Council strongly encourages applicants to include a general letter of support from a venue representative (this letter does not need a specific date or official letterhead). In addition, venues should be within one or more of our municipalities, as well as be handicap accessible.
Multiple Applications: If you – are an individual – are offering the same activity in multiple locations, please complete a single application (for example, make one grant request for a music performance being presented in 3 different libraries, and itemize the details in the narrative and budget).
Digital Content: If your project has digital content, please share the public benefit it brings to our 11 municipalities, as well as the applicant’s connection to any of these communities.
Feasibility: Please be as detailed as possible about the practical details of the project, from partnerships to technical set-ups. This information is essential in the Council’s deliberations.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY24 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adams Council on Aging | Adams Rythm Keepers | $1,287 | Adams Council on Aging | The Colonial Theatre | $451 | Adams Free Library | Library Programs 2024 | $1,287 | Adams Theater LLC | The Adams Theater Pop-up Season 2024 | $2,897 | Anderson, Barrett | Blues Stories: Culture & History told through Song & Narrative | $450 | Arts in Recovery for Youth | Arts in Recovery for Youth | $500 | Baldwin, Carol | Quilting 101 | $200 | Barbara and Eric Rudd Art Foundation, Inc. | Free Museum Admission for North Adams Residents | $418 | Barrington Stage Company, Inc. | Playwright Mentoring Project | $644 | Barton, Ricky | Robot Paintings 2024 | $951 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Song & Story Summer Reading Celebration | $475 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Celtic Celebration: An Inter-generational Performance | $475 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Celtic Celebration: A Performance for Seniors | $475 | Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School | BART Musical Theatre: Vocal Coach | $500 | Berkshire Music School, Inc. | Willie was Different: A Musical Enrichment Program | $966 | Berkshire Pulse, Inc. | Moving Life Stories for Drury High School Afterschool Program | $1,287 | Bruno, Roger | A Celebration of Song: The Great American Songbook and Beyond | $200 | Canary, Alicia | Making Paper with Invasive Plants | $644 | Canary, Alicia | Pulp Painting Demonstration | $618 | Cheshire Community Association | Cheshire Summer Festival | $1,577 | Cheshire Council on Aging | Seniors to the Theatre 2024 | $525 | Cheshire Cultural Center | The Cosmos LIVE at Cheshire Summer Stage | $966 | Cheshire Library Association | Community programming for the Chehsihre Library | $805 | City of North Adams Farmers Market | Make it at the Market | $1,545 | Clarksburg Town Library | Story Time Series at the Clarksburg Town Library | $2,092 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Common Folk Creative Programming | $500 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Shared Studio & Lending Library | $451 | Community Images, Inc. | Young@Heart | $966 | Cricket Creek Farm, Inc. | Story Walk at Cricket Creek Farm | $1,532 | Daunis, Michael | Concert Series Program | $2,575 | Doubiago, Karylee | Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival | $1,931 | Dunning, Catherine | Life Drawing Program | $708 | Dworkin, Motoko | Tales & Origami for Teens | $386 | Elkus, Eli | Musical Storytelling & Folk Music at Windsor Lake | $400 | Emma L. Miller Memorial Elementary School | School Beats! Drum & Rythm Program | $901 | Ferguson, Carrie | Carrie Ferguson Family Music Concert | $350 | Fietta, Patricia | Pondering Environmental Anxieties | $901 | Friends of the Lanesborough Public Library, Inc. | Cultural Exposure Program | $418 | Future Labs Gallery, LLC | Future Lab[s] Gallery presents The Glow Show - an adventure for the senses | $901 | Hancock Public Schools | Birds of Prey and Reptiles | $644 | Heart & Soil Collective, Inc. | Fruit and Vegetable Illustrated Recipe Cards | $772 | Hess, Molly | Softriot (working Title) | $1,931 | Hilltown Families, Inc. | Hilltown Families Suggests | $250 | Hirsch, Ghetta | Painting for Seniors/Senior Art Show | $772 | Holmes, Isabelle | Phil Kline's Unsilent Night | $386 | Hoosac Valley Elementary School | Fall fever | $354 | Hoosic River Watershed Association, Inc. | Haiku on the Hoosic | $885 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Jacob’s Pillow On The Road | $772 | Jazz in the Berkshires, Inc. | Jazz in the Berkshires | $1,931 | Karlen, Megan | Weaving Connections | $1,223 | Kaye, Marjorie | Star Clusters | $854 | Kids 4 Harmony | Kids 4 Harmony | $1,931 | Lanesborough Public Library | Music and Literacy Enrichment Program | $644 | Lewis, Bernice E. | Songwriting Session (s) | $612 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! --a dance series | $400 | MUSIC Dance.edu | I am Autistic I am Fantastic -- The Musical | $500 | Maichack, Gregory | Painting Seascapes Inspired by Winslow Homer: Maintaining Habitats | $357 | Mankita, Jay | Maker Space Build Along: Chain Reactions | $451 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 2024 Black Student Union Summit | $644 | Mendel, Lisa | Mosaics | $400 | Mendel, Lisa | Mosaic Projects | $400 | Monroe Historical Society | Monroe Historical Society: Building Community, One Block (Party) at a Time | $1,188 | Monroe Historical Society | Monroe Historical Society: Building Community, One Block (Party) at a Time | $1,461 | Mount Greylock Regional High School | Fall Festival of Shakespeare 2023 | $1,931 | Mowinski, Melanie | Designing for a Better World: Social Justice in Communication Design | $451 | Nadler, Charlie | Pop-Up Punchlines | $1,609 | Nelson, Dawn | "'The Freedom of the Brush" | $869 | New England Puppet Arts | 2024 Adams Paint Out | $1,287 | North Berkshire Community Dance | North Berkshire Community Contra Dance | $483 | Northern Berkshire Chorale | Celebrating Diversity, Spring 2024 Concert | $250 | Nutshell Playhouse, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse at Bascom Lodge | $400 | Ouellet, Alvin | "PAINTING THE TOWN: Celebrating Adams. MA." En Plein Air Painting Workshop Series | $1,337 | Parkman, Mary Hannah | Field and Forest Tai Chi | $483 | Pine Cobble School, Inc. | Field Trips | $644 | Pruyne, Linda | Holding Your Hand While Strumming | $483 | Pruyne, Linda | Printing Music Lessons | $349 | Pruyne, Linda | Open Mic Everyone Can Like | $644 | Pruyne, Linda | Ukulele for Everyone | $418 | Roomful of Teeth Vocal Arts Project, Inc. | Roomful of Teeth Residency with Pamela Z and The Living Earth Show | $1,609 | Runciman, Matthew | Creative Songwriting From Life Experiences | $500 | Runciman, Matthew | Bring Open Mic Back to the Northern Berkshires | $515 | Salmeron, Anna | Future Lab[s] Gallery Experiment #3 | $901 | Scott, Sheila | Healing Through Music | $125 | Second Chance Composting LLC | Composting in the Berkshires | $644 | Sevenars Concerts, Inc. | Sevenars 56th Anniversary Season | $250 | Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | 2024 Fall Festival of Shakespeare | $966 | St. John III, Edmund | Sheryl Faye Presents Her Majesty The Queen | $500 | St. Stanislaus Kostka School | Field trips to engage in local culture | $644 | Stockwell, Bernadette | Northern Berkshire: Do Your ARt! | $300 | Sweeney, Jessica | Lamp Light Music Series | $1,159 | Symonds-Powell, Patricia | Don't Box Me In | $579 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Berkshire Rhythm Keepers at Ramblefest w/ Guests Adams COA Seniors | $386 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Forest and Field Ecology and Exploration at Youth Center Inc and Mt Greylock summit | $966 | Taylor, Desiree | Understanding Our Lives With History: Learning from American History Using An African American Lens | $350 | Taylor, Desiree | Understanding Our Lives With History: Learning from American History Using An African American Lens | $350 | The Artist Book Foundation | Book Donations to schools in the Northern Berkshires | $547 | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | $3,219 | The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Inc. | "If I could live another century!" Women's Suffrage after Susan B. Anthony | $826 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Island Vacation | $450 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Classic Country | $450 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Winter Solstice Celebration | $450 | Tool, Kristen | 'We Are Lanesborough' Mural designed by 6th Grade Class | $1,931 | Tupper, Lara | Pick Up the Pen: Start Your Writing Project | $400 | Walkaway House LLC | Center of Gravity Local Pop Up Series | $995 | Wallen, Eric | gallery visual arts exhibit | $1,015 | Warley, Stephen | LumiNAMA Light Festival | $837 | Williamstown Farmers Market | Music at the Market | $708 | Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, Inc. | Sheep to Shawl Cultural Festival 2024 | $1,191 | Witt, Mary | Music for Community | $547 | Wood, Nancy | Ecology and the Changing Landscape | $515 | Youth Center, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse performances | $676 | the Wizard, Ed | Basic Balloon Twisting Workshop | $450 | the Wizard, Ed | Reading is Magic | $450 | the Wizard, Ed | Wildlife Balloon Twisting Workshop | $450 |
