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
Matt Holloway & Julianne Applegate - Co-Chairs
acc@amherstma.gov
413-259-3182
Address
4 Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002
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FY23 LCC Grant Cycle Details to Come.
FY22 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey Paccia | Half in Dream | $300 |
| Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Inc. | Virtual Cinema & Masked Mornings | $1,300 |
| The Amherst Ballet Theatre Company, Inc. | Amherst Ballet Spring Dance Performance | $2,100 |
| MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Dance Chair Exercise for Seniors! | $600 |
| Andrew Harms | Folk, Jazz, and Film Music for Trumpet and Piano | $600 |
| Matt York | Songs and Stories - The Highwaymen | $200 |
| Authors and Artists Festival | Authors and Artists Festival | $500 |
| Racial Justice Rising | Community Outreach for Racial Justice - Year 2 | $200 |
| Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum and Foundation | Wednesday Folk Traditions 2022 | $1,500 |
| Hilltown Families, Inc. | Hilltown Families Suggests | $700 |
| Pamela Tillis | In the Spirit and the Flesh: The Cultural Legacy of Dr. Frederick C. Tillis (working) | $2,500 |
| Nancy Meagher | "Millicent and the Day it Rained Buttons, a Leeds, Mill River Fish Tale" | $700 |
| Arcadia Players, Inc. | Arcadia Players Presents Three Concerts by Artistic Director Finalists | $1,800 |
| Jessica Scott | The Name is the Guest of the Substance | $1,150 |
| Amherst Business Improvement District, Inc. | Kamil Peters | $1,800 |
| Roger L. Tincknell | Children's Songs and Singing Games Family Concert | $500 |
| Mohawk Trail Concerts, Inc. | Summer Festival 2022 | $200 |
| Amherst Historical Society | Strings at the Strong | $1,800 |
| Hampshire Young People's Chorus | Digital Piano for Outdoor Singing | $700 |
| Amherst Public Art Commission | Portal Gallery on Boltwood exhibition | $2,500 |
| Paul Sticca | Strong House Summer Concert | $900 |
| Peter Nelson | LastRequest | $1,450 |
| Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Inc. | Pride Concert | $450 |
| Starlight's Youth Theatre, Inc. | Peter Pan Jr | $500 |
| Travelnitch, Inc. | The World on Wheels | $400 |
| Sebastian Son | Reasons to Leave - A New Musical | $1,500 |
| William Blatner | A Concert of Sacred Music: Reaching for Freedom, Hope and Justice | $500 |
| Kenneth Longstreeth | FREE CONCERT BY JEFF GAVIOLI AND HIS BAD NEWS JAZZ AND BLUES ORCHESTRA FEATURING CINDY REED | $1,000 |
| Amherst Community Band | Community Band music funds | $450 |
| Amherst Community Television, Inc. | Access For All- Amherst Cultural Council | $250 |
| Hitchcock Center, Inc. | Nightwings: A Storytelling Program for Children and Families | $500 |
| Town of Amherst | Juneteenth 2022 | $1,000 |
| Amherst Center Cultural District | A Celebration of the Arts | $1,500 |
| KO Theater Works, Inc. | Clear Creek at Ko Festival- 3rd time's the COVID-rescheduling charm | $1,600 |
| Hampshire College | Look and Feel: Senegalese Graffiti Artist Residency and Exhibition | $1,500 |
| Multi-Arts, Inc. | Project Earth | $1,000 |
| Kate O'Connor | Climate Healing Chorus Concert | $700 |
| Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc. | Youth Performance Festival 2022 | $1,000 |
| The Valley Winds, Inc. | Orchestra in the Orchard Plus | $1,450 |
| Gallery A3 | Expanding Community II | $2,500 |
| Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestras' Performance | $1,000 |
| African Heritage Reparations Assembly | Documenting Reparations For Residents of African Heritage in Amherst, Massachusetts Part One | $500 |
| Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range, Inc. | Summit House Sunset Concert Series | $600 |
| Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville, Inc. | Watch, Make, Share! CULTURES OF AMHERST! | $500 |
| Andy Grant | Shedding light on the namesake Amherst | $1,000 |
| Wildwood Elementary School | Wildwood Outdoor Learning Initiative | $700 |
| Charlemont Forum | Charlemont Forum Summer Speakers Series 2022 | $300 |
| Elizabeth Ryan | Winter Holiday | $300 |
| Robert Masla | Life Appreciation Through Drawing and Painting | $200 |
| Ezzell Floranina | Home Sweet Home- A Climate Crisis Community Festival and Obstacle Course for All Ages | $300 |
| Swing Set Singers | Vocal Jazz Concert by Swing Set | $625 |
| Justin Beatty | Odenong Powwow | $3,000 |
| Mei Seva | To Begin Anew | $900 |
| Valley Light Opera, Inc. | Mozart Requiem | $500 |
| Ira Brezinsky | Community Band Festival | $450 |
| Youssoupha Sidibe | Virtual African Traditional Music Workshop | $700 |
| Julia Petersen | Making Space for the Fiber-Curious | $500 |
| Novi Cantori of Greater Springfield, Inc. | Spring Concert | $700 |
| CitySpace, Inc. | Wild & Precious Arts Festival | $500 |
| Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program, Inc. | Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program Summer Workshop | $500 |
| Sankofa Gumbo, Inc. | Community Kwanzaa | $1,750 |
| Maitreyee Chakraborty | East Meets West - Tagore and Dickenson | $450 |
| Shoshona King | Juneteenth Celebration | $2,000 |
| Cat Milo Keatinge Bezark | The Fairy Festival | $750 |
| Sean French-Byrne | Emerging Playwrights Festival | $950 |
