Holyoke Local Cultural Council

The Holyoke Local Cultural Council (HLCC) consists of community members appointed by the Mayor based on their credentials, interest in the arts, and commitment to arts programming in the city of Holyoke. The HLCC encourages individuals and organizations to apply for financial support through its annual grant program which is part of a statewide grant program administered by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).

HLCC Members 2025-26
Gloria Caballero-Roca
Tim Damon, Secretary
Christopher Dunay
Mark Dunlap
Navae Fenwick Rodriguez, Co-chair
Chris Fournier, Co-chair
Mardelle Nietupski
Rachel Rushing, Treasurer
Anne Thalheimer

Contact

[email protected]
000-000-0000

Address
City Hall, Office of the Mayor
536 Dwight Street
Holyoke, MA 01040-5086

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Application Information

FY27 details to come.

FY26 Funding List

Name	Project Title	Amount
Arts Integration Studio LLC	Truth Tellers Theater Ensemble, Year 3	$750
ArtsHub of Western MA	Artist Marketing Workshop	$625
Blues to Green, Inc.	Legacy Education Project- Zaccai Curtis Residency at Holyoke High School	$1,875
Cepeda, Brendaliz	Cultural Connections: Exploring Puerto Rican Heritage Through Bomba	$1,250
Ciampa, Elena	The Jazz Queens	$250
Collider Music & Food Inc.	Secret Planet Presents: Chuwi	$900
Colon Ortiz, Natasha	Opportunity Academy Art Class	$1,400
Comeau, Robert	Honor America's 250th with Holyoke History Tours	$450
Common Wealth Mural Collaborative, Inc.	Holyoke Community Mural Training Program	$4,000
Common Wealth Mural Collaborative, Inc.	Burn or Get Burnt, WMass 6th Annual Graffiti Jam	$2,700
Congo, Deanna	Magic for Seniors	$225
Escamilla, Marshall	Following the Dino Tracks: Live Science Events Across Western Mass	$750
Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville, Inc.	Wonderful Me! Puppetry Arts Project	$800
Fairservis, Beth	Homework House Arts & Crafts Project	$2,250
Goffe, Deborah A.	Liturgy|Order|Bridge: Practice Sessions	$500
Gordon, Damany	Ladies First: House Classics Live	$1,500
Hersey, Lisa	Stitched Journals	$350
Holyoke Art, Inc.	Storefront Gallery	$1,200
Holyoke Art, Inc.	The Great Holyoke Brick Race 2026	$750
Holyoke Art, Inc.	Holyoke PrideFest 2026 Entertainment	$3,803
Holyoke Art, Inc.	Art @ Home: Travel Kits with the ARTery	$600
Holyoke Art, Inc.	1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture Film screening + Q&A with Mary Lambert	$1,250
Holyoke Civic Symphony Orchestra, Inc.	HCS audience engagement and outreach, celebrating diversity in 2026 concert programming through local participation, improved messaging, and broader welcome	$375
Holyoke Community Charter School	Ceramic Arts: Puerto Rican Cultural Expression through Clay	$1,000
Holyoke Community College Foundation, Inc.	River Valley Radical Futures	$500
Holyoke Council on Aging	Art at Home with the Holyoke Senior Center	$1,800
Holyoke High School	From Seed to Stage Poetry Summit	$1,700
Holyoke Public Library Corporation	Genealogy Programs: "Roots & Identity: Discovering Hispanic Family History" and "Personal Digital Archiving"	$360
Holyoke Public Library Corporation	Piano Men: The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John	$250
Holyoke Public Library Corporation	Local History Programs: "Recovering Histories of Indigenous Presence in the Connecticut River Valley" and "Make a Victorian Puzzle Purse"	$800
LOCULUS Collective	TRANSMISSIONS: performance residencies	$2,000
Maichack, Gregory	The Seahorse: How to Pastel Paint	$250
Maichack, Mary Jo D.	Memoir Writing Workshop - Making a Present of Your Past	$250
Manning, James J.	Chomp, Stomp and Read	$550
Martin, Jess	Echoes of Nature, Echoes in Community	$900
Mazzola, Joseph	Winter Vacation Sewing Classes for Kids	$1,100
Mazzola, Joseph	Teen Sewing Classes (Summer Session)	$1,200
Means, Pamela	Pamela Means presents Black, Brown, and Beige: Our Shared History and Present Day	$800
Miller, Ivor	Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts	$4,500
Mind the Fool	Mobile Puppet Lab	$1,000
Neill, David	Christmas/Holiday Sing along with The Fanfare Brass	$700
Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc.	2026 Youth Performance Festival	$750
Page, Stephen C.	A Flowering of Song Jazz Piano Concert	$325
Pasley, Becca	Bicycle Noise Creation Machine	$300
Pioneer Valley Concert Band	The Sounds of Summer	$700
Pioneer Valley Roller Derby, Inc.	Skating with Pride	$700
Piti Theatre Company, Inc.	Story Wizards for Women's History Month	$375
Porcino, John P.	To Life!: Celebrations in Story, Song and Music	$200
Post, Kathy	La Vie en Bleu Jazz Ensemble at Wistariahurst	$375
Pots On Wheels, Inc.	Pottery at Wisteriahurst	$1,350
Print Shop, Inc.	Print Day in May – Print Shop Open House	$1,000
Print Shop, Inc.	Collaborative Print Residency 2026	$850
Print Shop, Inc.	First Saturdays at the Print Shop: Family Art & Design Workshops	$2,250
Real Live Theatre	The Birth/Death Project: Interviews & Sharings	$600
Resilient Community Arts Inc.	Plein Air at Holyoke Heritage State Park	$900
Rodriguez, Julissa	We Are Each Other's Magnitude	$1,000
Ross, Sheldon	Ragtime Five Brass Quintet Concert	$275
Rushing, Rachel	Holyoke Paper Festival: Something to Say	$1,400
Silverthorne Theater Company, Inc.	The Employee Dharma Handbook: A Theater Thursday Reading	$650
Small Planet Dancers	Republic of Dance	$300
Stepanek, Julie	Monthly ukulele program`	$850
Sylla, Abou	Concert: Balafon Quartet - Tradition Reimagined	$1,000
Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc.	Gaia Roots and the Valley Rhythm Keepers at Holyoke Media	$850
Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc.	Connecting culture and music w/ Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center at the Homework House	$1,100
Thalheimer, Anne	24 Hour Comics Day	$1,200
Thalheimer, Anne	Art Enrichment Classes at the Care Center	$1,500
Thalheimer, Anne	Mimic the Masters	$1,000
The Color Collaborative	Playground Mural @ HHSP	$1,650
The Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts, Inc.	Golden Age	$750
The Performance Project, Inc.	An Evening of New Work Premieres by Emerging Artists	$1,500
The Wistariahurst Foundation, Inc	Diversity Explored and Celebrated: A series of lectures and workshops	$1,500
The Wistariahurst Foundation, Inc	Unfolding: Fans and Fashion from the Wistariahurst Collections	$1,850
The Wistariahurst Foundation, Inc	Community Canvas: The Great Hall Transformed	$1,500
The Wistariahurst Foundation, Inc	Hidden Women by Tammy Denease	$900
Tran, Anthony	Flamenco Performance	$1,000
Translate Gender, Inc.	Trans Day of Visibility Community Programming	$3,750
Tufo, Ralph	Squeezebox Stompers Concert	$700
Valley Community Arts Teaching	VCAT Workshops Summer 2026 Term	$1,100
Vega Yoga & Movement Arts, Inc.	5 Public Performances	$2,500
Waterman, Jon	Live Music Making History Live - A Journey through the Roots of American Popular Music	$250
Young, Ben	Jazz 101 at Holyoke Public LIbrary	$475
Young, Ben	YesterSounds Anew	$300