Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire
CCNB regrants funds from the Mass Cultural Council to individuals and organizations for projects in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences. In addition, one or more individual artist is awarded $1,000 each year.
Eleven municipalities are represented. These municipalities are: Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, Monroe, Savoy & Williamstown.
Contact
Cecilia Hirsch
Hirschcecilia7@gmail.com
413-441-7401
Address
PO Box 227
North Adams, MA 01247-0227
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Application Information
FY23 Allocation
$86,500
FY23 Local Priorities
The Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire makes grants available to:
1-Individuals and organizations for project grants that have a community benefit
2-schools and other non-profit educational entities
3-one individual artist, with the goal of supporting an eventual public exhibition
When evaluating grants, the Council takes into account the challenges of creating community in our region, due to transportation and other rural & demographic issues. Also:
-Grant proposals with digital content are accepted, but will be evaluated on the public benefit they bring to our 11 communities, as well as the grantee’s connection to these communities.
-Grants which solely lead to personal commercial gain are not supported
-We ask council members to refrain from a vote for any application with which they have any connection
-We aim to at least partially fund all proposals which receive strong scoring
In addition to meeting the state criteria, the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire requires the following:
If the applicant doesn’t reside in one of our 11 towns, the project must take place within one of our towns or be accessible remotely.
Venue invitation letters are required in two instances::
1 – If the applicant does not reside in the CCNB area, the application must contain a venue invitation letter signed by a representative from the local hosting venue, preferably on letterhead stationery, confirming that the event will take place at that venue. Phone and email contact information must be included.
2 – If the applicant is not the hosting venue, but is using the venue for the project.
If a venue (school, library, theater, etc) is organizing and completing the project, no venue confirmation letter is needed.
Venues should be handicap accessible.
If a project is digital in delivery, no venue letter is needed.
3 – Applications for an individual artist award are invited from individual artists. The award may support any expense that enhances the artist’s ability to create his/her/ their work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc.
Artists are chosen based on the excellence of the artist’s work as evidenced by samples of recent work submitted as part of the application as well as the potential of the project to advance the artist’s work. Relevance to our communities is often considered, but is not a requirement.
The chosen artist will work with the cultural council to create an exhibit/performance of the work created as a result of the grant in one of the eleven towns. During the run of the exhibit/performance, a reception for all grantees may also be held.
FY23 Local Guidelines
In addition to meeting the state criteria, the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire requires the following:
If the applicant doesn’t reside in one of our 11 towns, the project must take place within one of our towns or be accessible remotely.
Venue invitation letters are required in two instances::
1 – If the applicant does not reside in the CCNB area, the application must contain a venue invitation letter signed by a representative from the local hosting venue, preferably on letterhead stationery, confirming that the event will take place at that venue. Phone and email contact information must be included.
2 – If the applicant is not the hosting venue, but is using the venue for the project.
If a venue (school, library, theater, etc) is organizing and completing the project, no venue confirmation letter is needed.
Venues should be handicap accessible.
If a project is digital in delivery, no venue letter is needed.
3 – Applications for an individual artist award are invited from individual artists. The award may support any expense that enhances the artist’s ability to create his/her/ their work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc.
Artists are chosen based on the excellence of the artist’s work as evidenced by samples of recent work submitted as part of the application as well as the potential of the project to advance the artist’s work. Relevance to our communities is often considered, but is not a requirement.
The chosen artist will work with the cultural council to create an exhibit/performance of the work created as a result of the grant in one of the eleven towns. During the run of the exhibit/performance, a reception for all grantees may also be held.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Reimbursement Grants
FY23 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adams Free Library | Find Your Voice Summer Reading 2023 | $1,260 | Barbara and Eric Rudd Art Foundation, Inc. | 2023 NEW EXHIBITIONS’ CATALOG, EXHIBITION EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS, CONTINUATION OF FREE ADMISSION FOR NORTH ADAMS RESIDENTS. | $700 | Barrington Stage Company, Inc. | Playwright Mentoring Project (PMP) | $1,250 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Celtic Celebration: Performance for Seniors/N Adams COA | $475 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Celtic Celebration: Performance for Seniors in Williamstown | $475 | Bergin, James | St. John's Concert Series | $2,019 | Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School | 2nd Annual International Cultural Festival | $2,000 | Berkshire Music School, Inc. | DRUM TO THE BEAT: A Musical Enrichment Program | $2,019 | Berkshires' Academy for Advanced Musical Studies, Inc. | Supporting After-School Music Education from BAAMS | $1,500 | Bradley, Dale | Bradley Printmaking Studio | $1,750 | Canary, Alicia | Making Paper with Invasive Plants | $2,500 | Canary, Alicia | Berkshire County and the Atomic Age | $850 | Charles H. McCann Technical School | Romeo and Juliet Field Trip | $3,040 | Cheshire Community Association | Town of Cheshire Summer Festival | $2,150 | Cheshire Council on Aging | Seniors to the Theatre 2023 | $950 | Cheshire Council on Aging | Sheryl Faye Presents Clara Barton | $400 | Cheshire Library Association | Community programming | $600 | Clarksburg Elementary School | Fall Foliage Parade Float | $500 | Clay, Sarah | Whisper Not | $450 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Shared Studio & Lending Library | $3,600 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Common Folk Creative Programming | $2,000 | Community Images, Inc. | Young at Heart Matinees | $1,330 | Daunis, Michael | North County Chorale | $3,352 | Domkarova, Sonia | Future Lab(s) Gallery community exhibition space | $2,019 | Doubiago, Karylee | Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival | $4,325 | Drury High School | Drury Stage Company- Theater Season | $2,000 | Dunning, Catherine | Monthly Life Drawing | $600 | Elkus, Eli | Musical Storytelling at Windsor Lake | $375 | Emma L. Miller Memorial Elementary School | Berkshire Theater Group Touring Performance | $800 | Farrington, Anna | INSTALLATION SPACE 2023 Season | $1,500 | Fazio, Rhonda M | Dyeing to Wear It | $400 | Ferguson, Carrie | Carrie Ferguson and the Grumpytime Club Band family concert | $550 | Friends of the Lanesborough Public Library, Inc. | Cultural Exposure Program | $700 | Greylock Flume, Inc. | Moxie Monday Nights (2023) - Elevating Local Talent | $840 | Greylock Flume, Inc. | FESTIVE Holiday Market | $700 | Heart & Soil Collective, Inc. | Community Garden Enhancement | $2,300 | Heart & Soil Collective, Inc. | Musical Instruments for 18 Degrees Family Resource Center | $600 | Hilltown Families, Inc. | Hilltown Families Suggests | $500 | Hirsch, Ghetta | Painting for Seniors/ Senior Art Show | $2,000 | Holmes, Isabelle | Phil Kline's Unsilent Night | $1,500 | Hoosac Valley Elementary School | Fall STEAM Night | $500 | Hoosic River Revival, Inc. | Plein Air Painting at a Site Near the Hoosic River | $600 | Hoosic River Watershed Association, Inc. | Music & Poetry Along the River | $2,800 | IS183, Inc. | ARTcentric: Berkshires After-School at Brayton Elementary School | $506 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | On The Road - North Adams | $1,200 | Jazz in the Berkshires, Inc. | Jazz in the Berkshires | $4,500 | Kids 4 Harmony | Kids 4 Harmony | $3,500 | Lanesborough Public Library | Music and Literacy Enrichment Program | $1,000 | Leventhal, Rona | Wondrous Wonder: A Story-Movement Playshop! | $550 | Lewis, Bernice E. | Music Event | $2,200 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! | $500 | Maichack, Gregory | Pastel Paint Georgia O’Keeffe’s Famous Lily | $545 | Maichack, Mary Jo D. | The Vanishing Hitchhiker Urban Legends & Tales | $450 | Maichack, Mary Jo D. | Fabulous Folktales & Myths for Adults | $475 | Moore, Yina | The Adams Theater Spring Festival 2023 | $3,000 | Mount Greylock Regional High School | Fall Festival of Shakespeare 2022 | $3,000 | Mowinski, Melanie | Working Title: Power of the Pause | $1,500 | Mowinski, Melanie | Print as Action | $800 | Nadler, Charlie | Pop-Up Punchlines | $1,000 | New England Puppet Arts | 2023 Berkshire Lantern Walk | $1,000 | New England Puppet Arts | 2022 Adams Plein Air Paint Out | $1,600 | North Adams Public Library | Mr. Vinny the Bubble Guy | $550 | Parisi, Rita | Gothic Ghost Tales by Candlelight | $500 | Pittsfield Shakespeare, Inc. | Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park | $269 | Porcino, John P. | Rural Lands Celebrations | $519 | Pruyne, Linda | Learn to Play the Ukulele | $1,500 | Reynolds, Emilee | Bouncing Babies (re-submit) | $500 | Reynolds, Emilee | Doodle Bugs (re-submit) | $150 | Rogers, Scott | Windsor Jazz-Blues Workshop | $100 | Schorr, Marney | It´s My Body: Art for Social Change (AIRY) | $819 | Scott, Sheila | Healing Through Music | $125 | Sevenars Concerts, Inc. | Sevenars 55th Anniversary Season | $369 | Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | 2023 Fall Festival of Shakespeare | $1,500 | Society to Benefit Everyone, Inc. | News From Tomorrow Morning™ (PILOT) | $1,000 | Spatz, M. Alice | Creation and Completion of "Berkshire Triptych" | $800 | St. John III, Edmund | St. Patrick's Day with author, Kevin O'Hara | $300 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Boreal forest exploration at Youth Center Inc and Mt Greylock summit | $1,300 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Berkshire Rhythm Keepers at Ramblefest | $375 | The Artist Book Foundation | Book Donations to Williamstown Library | $1,280 | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps Starter Drum Equipment | $2,500 | The First Congregational Church of North Adams, Massachusetts | I Am Afro: A Street Fair for All the People | $3,000 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Elvis to the Everly Brothers | $500 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Beatles and Beyond | $500 | Tincknell, Roger L. | From Ireland to America | $500 | Tincknell, Roger L. | From Ireland to America | $500 | WAM Theatre, Inc. | WAM Theatre’s 2023 Season and Community Engagement program | $250 | Wallin, Tina | Free Hops Medicine Making Class | $650 | Wallin, Tina | Herbalist Meetup | $900 | Williamstown Chamber of Commerce | Local Live Music @ the Williamstown Farmers Market | $960 | Williamstown Cultural District | Production of 15 “Eyes On Art Town” Street Banners for Walden Street | $1,500 | Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, Inc. | A Celebration of Williamstown Natural and Farming Landscapes Through Literature and Art | $2,800 | Young, Irene | Community Felting Workshop | $300 | Youth Center, Inc. | Sticks and Boots | $1,200 |
