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
Julianne Applegate - Chair
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 Allocation
$56,100
FY25 Local Priorities
Information not provided
FY25 Local Guidelines
Information not provided
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY25 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1794 Meetinghouse, Inc. | Quabbin Valley Pro Musica 2024-2025 Season | $293 | Amherst 2026 Committee | Amherst Was Never Silent - Working Title | $1,200 | Amherst Art Alliance, Inc. | Art for Community | $1,995 | Amherst Autoharp Workshop | Support for Amherst Autoharp Workshop | $615 | Amherst Cambodian Exhibit Committee | Cambodians in Amherst Traveling exhibit materials | $627 | Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Inc. | $5 Family Films and Juneteenth | $1,500 | Amherst Community Television, Inc. | Cambodian Profile Pieces (mini documentaries) | $3,763 | Amherst Community Theater | Theater Access Tickets for Amherst Community Theater show "Newsies" | $836 | Amherst Historical Society | Strings @ the Strong 2025 | $836 | Amherst Public Art Commission | Electrify Amherst | $690 | Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools Multilingual Parent Advisory Council | Linguistic Heritage Celebration | $1,463 | Antenna Cloud Farm, Inc. | Antenna Cloud Farm Music Festival, Artist Retreat, and Institute 2025 | $209 | Arcadia Players, Inc. | Arcadia Players 35th season concerts in Amherst | $900 | Black Business Association of Amherst Area, Inc. | Amherst Area Juneteenth Jubilee | $2,508 | Bombyx Brass Collective | Bombyx Brass Festival | $251 | Brezinsky, Ira | Pioneer Valley Community Band Festival | $418 | Burke, Theresa | The Viking Runestone Volume 7 | $230 | Cardinaux, Eliot | The Bodily Press | $418 | Center for Human Development, Inc. | All In! End-of-Year Recital | $2,508 | Charlemont Forum | Charlemont Forum Speakers Series 2025 | $209 | Collaborative for Educational Services, Inc. | Amherst Kindergarten Welcome Night Music Performance | $293 | Comeau, Robert | North Amherst Cemetery Walking Tour | $84 | Craig's Doors -- A Home Association, Inc. | Arts Programming at Craig's Doors | $418 | Elkus, Eli | Musical Storytelling & Folk Songs by Eli Elkus at Amherst Farmers' Market | $669 | Empowerment Through The Arts, Inc. | Arts Equalizes - Building an Inclusive Arts Community | $418 | Feffer, John | The Wedding Jester | $753 | Ferguson, Carrie | Carrie Ferguson and The Grumpytime Club Band | $460 | Friedman, Andrew D. | Valley FLOW @ the Farmers Market | $251 | Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range, Inc. | Summit House Sunset Concert Series | $376 | Ghost Ensemble, Inc. | Deep Listening in Community | $418 | Hampshire Choral Society, Inc. | Hampshire Choral Society Operating Expenses | $209 | Hampshire Young People's Chorus | Choir Tution Scholarships | $418 | Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program, Inc. | Hilltown Youth Recovery Theatre | $1,254 | Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Inc. | Sacred Place: Winter Into Spring | $418 | Jamieson Marsh, Lexi | I Was a Hurricane | $1,500 | Keezing, Jonathan A. | Level Up! Puppet Show | $418 | Leader, Rachel | KlezCummington | $711 | Lepere, Dawn | LeFever and Friends Community Concert | $753 | Local Access to Valley Arts | On the Boards '25 | $167 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! --a dance series | $502 | Manselle, Jafar | “West African Drumming Workshop - Come Out to Play” | $251 | Martin, Jess | Echoes in Nature: Hampshire County | $251 | Martinez, Deliabridget | Salsa con Tacos Latin Dance | $1,672 | Montague Shakespeare Festival | Montague Shakespeare Festival | $627 | Myrtle Street Klezmer | Spring Klezmer Carnival | $1,200 | Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc. | 2025 Youth Performance Festival | $669 | Novi Cantori of Greater Springfield, Inc. | Novi Cantori Spring Concert | $585 | O'Brien, Elizabeth | Come Home to Yourself | $418 | Odenong Powwow | Odenong Powwow | $5,853 | Pioneer Valley Cappella, Inc. | Pioneer Valley Cappella | $293 | Piti Theatre Company | Story Wizards | $627 | Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation, Inc. | Wednesday Folk Traditions 2025 | $750 | Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts | Cultivating Cultural Preservation Through Grassroots Efforts | $1,254 | Restless Books | Amherst Immigrant Writing Workshops (Fiction and Nonfiction); Translating Emily Dickinson’s Poetry with Children, and The Spectacular Translation Machine: Yonder Books | $2,007 | Rivera, Ani | Listen to My Photographs | $836 | Self-Evident Education, Inc. | The Power of Truths Arts & Education Festival | $418 | Sevenars Concerts, Inc. | Sevenars 57th Anniversary Season | $84 | Shea Theater Arts Center, Inc. | Shea's Lounge | $84 | Silverthorne Theater Company, Inc. | Summer 2025 Season | $1,463 | Simon, Adam J. | South River Singers Community Choir | $251 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | SSO Musical Petting Zoo | $418 | Starlight's Youth Theatre, Inc. | Aladdin Jr, The Musical | $418 | Sticca, Paul | Acousticca Band Concert for the Community | $355 | Survival Centers, Inc. | Tunes@Noon | $836 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Gaia Roots World Music Workshop and Concert | $836 | The Color Collaborative | Imagined Worlds | $418 | The Jewish Community of Amherst | Community Israeli Folkdance | $627 | The Literacy Project, Inc. | The Literacy Project Presents "The Belle of Amherst" | $627 | The Nolumbeka Project, Inc. | A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures | $585 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Children's Songs and Singing Games | $418 | Town of Amherst Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Amherst Global Village Festival | $1,197 | UMASS Amherst Asian American Student Association | Asian Night | $418 | Valley Light Opera, Inc. | Production of H.M.S. Pinafore | $627 | Weathervane Community Arts | World Music Mini-fest | $334 | Wildwood Cemetery | Wildwood Cemetery Sculpture Park | $209 | Woolner, Alexandra | Poetry Vending Machine | $125 |
