Cambridge Arts Council
Cambridge Arts Council is a city agency that funds, promotes, and presents high-quality, community-based arts programming for the benefit of artists, residents, employees, and visitors in Cambridge, MA. As one of the oldest and most dynamic arts agencies in the country, Cambridge Arts fosters opportunities to recognize, celebrate, and support artists and artmaking reflective of the diverse populations in the city. Operating with funding from local and state government, private foundations, corporate sponsors, and individual donors, Cambridge Arts delivers on its mission by fulfilling three primary roles:
Connector: Through partnerships with artists, presenters, donors and audiences, the agency operates as a vital cultural presence in the region. From connecting local youth with professional teaching artists to securing performance space for both emerging and established ensembles and introducing residents to local artists through Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge Arts links people and resources from across the artistic spectrum to spark innovative collaboration.
Presenter: In addition to exhibitions and educational programming presented in the Cambridge Arts Space, Cambridge Arts stages high-profile events such as the Cambridge Arts River Festival, a signature city celebration and regional event. The festival features a wide array of music, dance, theater and visual art and attracts a robust audience of close to 200,000 visitors annually.
Funder: Through the Cambridge Arts Grant Program, Cambridge Arts awards dozens of financial grants each year in support of high-quality, community-based art projects representing all artistic disciplines.
*** View our Local Council Grant Guidelines here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/Grants/howtoapplyforgrants
All local guidelines and requirements MUST be completed IN ADDITION TO the state application.***
To learn more about Cambridge Arts and our programs visit: http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org
Contact
Deena Anderson, Director of Community Arts
danderson@cambridgema.gov
617-349-4380
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/
Address
344 Broadway
2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139-1701
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Application Information
FY24 Allocation
$33,500
FY24 Local Priorities
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/openstudios/forartists
FY24 Local Guidelines
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/openstudios/forartists
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY23 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Pro/Motion newsletter and services to Cambridge dancers and dance institutions | $2,975 | Brookline Community Center for the Arts, Inc. | Arts & Culture Programming Video Post-Production & Release for Local Artists | $4,250 | Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Inc. | Blacksmith House Poetry Series 50th Anniversary | $4,250 | Cambridge Families of Asian Descent | Cambridge-Somerville Asian Festival 2023 | $4,250 | Chacon, Madison | Better than Band-Aids: Using Art to Support the Unhoused Community in Cambridge | $4,250 | Chakraborty, Maitreyee | Women, Gender, Caste and Colorism in Tagore's Compositions | $4,293 | Charles River Conservancy, Inc. | Lynch Family Skatepark Collaboration: Spatial Justice and Public Art | $4,250 | City of Cambridge | Senior Music Jam Sessions | $4,250 | East End House, Inc. | Field Trip to BLO | $2,763 | Guerilla Opera, Inc. | The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage | $2,550 | Huggins, Brenda | "Mr. Twister" Opera and Climate Action Event | $4,250 | Izuyama, Yumi | Monarch Butterfly Migration Project | $1,700 | JazzBoston, Inc. | Jazz All Ways | $4,250 | Klein, Ira | Ira Klein & Convivencia Concert at St. Peter's Episcopal Church | $3,400 | Li, Zhonghe (Elena) | Art of Nature Around of Us | $4,250 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! | $500 | Ma, Juliann | Cambridge Global Voices | $4,250 | Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers, Inc. | Celebrating Diversity/MAPS Columbia St. Wall Mural | $4,250 | Massachusetts Federation of Farmers' and Gardeners' Markets, Inc. | Celebrating Cambridge's Diversity through Music | $2,380 | Morrison, Simon | Flower Boy | $4,250 | Nichols, K. Rhett | Monuments and Memorials in Cambridge | $1,360 | Russo, Patricia | Partners in Rhyme: Using poetry to bring generations together | $1,717 | Sanchez, Laura | Flamenco at Starlight 2023 | $4,250 | Shelter Music Boston, Inc. | Transformative Classical Music for People Who are Homeless in Cambridge | $4,250 | Stevens, David M. | Derek David Portrait Concert | $4,250 | Taylor, Eric | On the Corner | $4,250 | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts | MCA’s WCT ASL Storytime & Interactive Creativity Workshop | $1,105 | Urbanity Dance, Inc. | Of the Ether | $4,250 | Young, Susan | Sidewalk Poets | $4,250 | cranna, greig | Working title " Women on the front lines" | $4,250 |
