Gloucester Cultural Council
Gloucester is home to the oldest art colony in the United States. The City keeps its cultural history alive through education, programs, and initiatives that enrich the community for both residents and visitors. The Gloucester Cultural Council is invested in maintaining the vibrancy of the City of Gloucester in myriad ways, including securing grant monies to provide funding to City schools, organizations, artists, and other community members.
The Council exists to support public programs in our community that promote access, education, diversity and excellence in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences. We seek to fund programs that have a lasting cultural impact, promote art for equity, support working artists and elevate underserved populations.
Contact
Elizabeth Neumeier
eneumeier@earthlink.net
978-325-5231
Address
3 Pond Rd
c/o Community Development Department
Gloucester, MA 01930-1834
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Application Information
FY25 Allocation
$14,000
FY25 Local Priorities
The Gloucester Cultural Council invites you to apply for a grant for your arts, humanities, and/or science program. This year we plan to give priority to programs that meet one or more of these criteria:
Have a direct link to Gloucester
Recognize and celebrate Gloucester’s historical nature as a center for the arts, humanities and sciences
Are led by and accessible to diverse people and groups: young, old, strong, infirm, new arrivals and life long residents, BIPOC, queer/gender nonconforming, traditionalists and innovators
Demonstrate innovative ways to bring science to the public
Promote art for equity and underserved populations
FY25 Local Guidelines
Applicants must include the specific location, if applicable, and approximate timeframe for completion of the project for which funding is being sought.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY24 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Arpeggione Ensemble, Inc. | Dreams and Dances | $250 | Benjamin, David | Antonio Gentile Bandstand Summer Concert Series | $500 | Cape Ann Museum, Inc. | Snapshots & Impressions: Cape Ann Student Exhibitions | $700 | Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | Youth Initiative 2024 | $400 | East Veterans Elementary School PTO Inc. | Slapstick Science Flight In-School Presentation | $250 | Firebird Music Ensembles, Inc. | FPO@Hammond 2023 Season | $400 | Fishtown Players Theater | Senior Center Drama Program | $500 | Gloucester Education Foundation | Gloucester Student Arts Festival | $1,150 | Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | GMGI's Art Science talk | $525 | Gloucester Stage Company, Inc. | Golden-Age Engagement Group for WIPEOUT | $500 | Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary | Nature in your neighborhood - All about birds Gloucester | $250 | Jonathan Bayliss Society, Inc. | Granite and the Sea (preliminary title) | $750 | Kane, Timothy D. | Drum & Strum | $250 | Keddy, Jane E. | Women’s Work | $350 | Lanes Coven Theater Co. | Lanes Coven 2024 Season | $850 | Maguire, Lynn | Smart with Art and Movement | $1,936 | Manship Artist Residence and Studios, Inc. | Firefly Fiesta | $375 | Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild, Inc. | The Massachusetts High School Drama Festival | $500 | McDonald, Dawn | The Art of Saving Whales | $1,000 | Michalak, Vanessa | Rocky Neck Plein Air | $300 | Movement Arts Gloucester MA LLC | Scribble the Art Show | $500 | O'Leary, Michael | 'Fishermen's Ballads & Songs of the Sea' 150 Years On | $450 | Pitman, Alyssa | Nature School Playground | $600 | Rockport Music, Inc. | Cape Ann Jazz Workshop | $300 | Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc. | Make Your Mark Workshop for Young Artists, grades 6-8 | $250 | The Gloucester Writers Center, Inc. | Writing the Body | $300 | The Hammond Museum, Inc. | Hammond Castle Museum Lecture Series | $300 | Westwater Weekes, Naomi | The Reclamation Project: Honoring the Voices of People of Color in Folk Music | $575 | Windhover Foundation, Inc. | Quarry Dance Xll LIVE: Collaboration | $500 |
