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.
Eleven municipalities are represented. These municipalities are: Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, Monroe, Savoy & Williamstown.
Contact
Cecilia Hirsch
[email protected]
413-441-7401
Address
10 Main Street
City of North Adams - Auditors Office
North Adams, MA 01247
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Application Information
FY26 Allocation
$89,500
FY26 Local Priorities
– Venues: If the proposal involves a venue, the Council strongly encourages applicants to include a general letter of support from a venue representative (this letter does not need a specific date or official letterhead). In addition, venues should be within one or more of our municipalities, as well as be handicap accessible.
– Multiple Applications: If you – are an individual – are offering the same activity in multiple locations, please complete a single application (for example, make one grant request for a music performance being presented in 3 different libraries, and itemize the details in the narrative and budget).
– Digital Content: If your project has digital content, please share the public benefit it brings to our 11 municipalities, as well as the applicant’s connection to any of these communities.
– Feasibility: Please be as detailed as possible about the practical details of the project, from partnerships to technical set-ups. This information is essential in the Council’s deliberations.
FY26 Local Guidelines
– Our council represents 11 mostly rural towns. We prioritize funding events and projects taking place within these municipalities, and/or if the applicant resides in one of our 11 municipalities.
– Encourage activity that involves collaboration and grows community.
– We aim to strike a balance between supporting new and previously funded projects, as well as individual and organizational funding needs.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY26 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adams Council on Aging | Adams Rythm Keepers | $1,019 | Adams Free Library | 2026 Adams Free Library Programs | $2,311 | Barrington Stage Company, Inc. | Playwright Mentoring Project | $1,019 | Barton, Ricky | Robot Paintings Color Interactions | $500 | Bates III, Davis R. | Under One Sky: A Performance for Seniors | $475 | Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School | Choreography for BART Spring Musical | $1,358 | Berkshire Children's Chorus, Inc. | Joyful Voices of Berkshire Children; North, South and Central County | $951 | Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative, Inc. | Your Voice Through Video | $1,019 | Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative, Inc. | BFMC-Your Voice Through Video BART Mockumentary Program | $553 | Berkshire Pride, Inc. | North Adams Pride Night | $1,154 | Bradley, Dale | Thermal Embossing with 12th grade art class | $550 | CRMX LLC | Teen Clay Lab | $696 | Canary, Alicia | Mugwort Paper | $679 | Canary, Alicia | 2025 Unbound | $519 | Canary, Alicia | Community Garden Garlic Collaboration | $747 | Charles H. McCann Technical School | 2026 McCann English and History Field Trip Fund | $696 | Cheshire Council on Aging | Seniors to the Theatre 2026 | $543 | Cheshire Library Association | Summer Reading Program | $679 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Common Folk Shared Studio | $500 | Community Images, Inc. | Earth Month Film Festival | $1,019 | Convivo LLC | Stories for the Common Good: A Community Storytelling Project | $1,358 | Demo, Sergio | Resurrection | $679 | Domkarova, Sonia | GLOW OCEAN | $1,486 | Drury High School | Drury Stage Company- Theater Season | $1,358 | Elkus, Eli | Musical Storytelling & Folk Songs by Eli Elkus | $400 | Floating Tower Development LLC | World Refugee Day Weekend: Voices Without Borders | $1,358 | Freshgrass Public Foundation | Sound Asylum Series | $1,019 | Friends of the Lanesborough Public Library, Inc. | Check Out Our Favorite Places | $620 | Galietti, Danielle | Winter Snow Drawings at the Natural Bridge | $1,019 | Greenagers, Inc. | Greenagers Education and Environmental Stewardship | $500 | Heart & Soil Collective Inc. | Emma Miller Elementary School Garden | $1,358 | Hooper, Vanessa | Hatchlings North Adams | $1,324 | Hoosac Valley Elementary School | Chain Reactions and Creative Contraptions | $815 | Hoosac Valley High School | Backdrop Rental for Musical Production | $500 | Hoosic River Revival, Inc. | Hoosic Riverwalk Support | $1,387 | Hoosic River Watershed Association, Inc. | River Health Series | $1,095 | Howard, Rye | NAMATIDIA: Seeing Together | $491 | Howard, Rye | Printing History | $1,019 | IS183, Inc. | ARTcentric After-School Program at Brayton Elementary School | $679 | Ives, CJ | Ceramic Explorations of River Ecology | $951 | Jones, Glory-Anne | Vessels of Voice | $679 | Kaye, Marjorie | Opaque Dimension | $552 | Kids 4 Harmony | Kids 4 Harmony | $950 | Lanesborough Public Library | Preschool Music and Literacy Enrichment | $747 | Lewis, Bernice E. | History Alive | $541 | Lewis, Bernice E. | Songwriter Series | $600 | Linden, Livia | Fallen/Risen | $553 | Lyracle, Inc. | Lyracle's Fall '26 Performance in Williamstown | $1,559 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop SQUARE Dance for Seniors! and chair dance | $500 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Popular Culture: Where's the Beef? Kendrick Lamar and Drake | $680 | MacDaniel, Mac | North County Shakespeare Festival | $1,651 | Maichack, Gregory | Vincent van Gogh’s the Iris: How to Pastel Paint | $580 | Maichack, Mary Jo D. | Fairy House Make and Take Craft Program | $497 | Mankita, Jay | Chain Reactions & Creative Contraptions | $815 | Mendel, Lisa | Glass Flowers | $450 | Mendel, Lisa | Spring Flowers | $450 | Nadler, Charlie | Pop-Up Punchlines | $1,519 | Nelson, Dawn | All in the Same Boat Now | $586 | New England Puppet Arts | The Wondrous Festival of New and Unfinished Performance | $1,019 | North Adams Chamber of Commerce, Inc. | North Adams First Fridays | $1,358 | North Berkshire Community Dance | North Berkshire Community Dance - 2nd Saturday Contra Dance Series | $1,019 | Northern Berkshire Community Television Corporation Inc | Teen Voices News Initiative Pilot Program | $1,205 | Nutshell Playhouse, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse at the Adams Theater | $553 | Ouellet, Alvin | "Painting Berkshire Landmarks 2026: Highlighting Landscape Architecture". | $679 | Parisi, Rita | Women of '76 | $625 | Pellegrini, Carlo | The Circus Corner, with Mr. Amazing | $1,019 | Piontkowski, Megan | Visible Mending Workshops | $1,331 | Porcino, John P. | Performances at Firefly Hike & Sheep To Shawl Events | $668 | ROOTS Teen Center, Inc. | ROOTS Arts Programming | $1,981 | Raymond, amanda | Roots of Connection: A Community Gardening & Mindfulness Project | $530 | Reynolds, Emilee | Community Craft Time | $500 | Reynolds, Emilee | Learn Through Play: Big Kid Edition | $533 | Reynolds, Emilee | Doodle Bugs | $250 | Reynolds, Emilee | Forrest Babies | $200 | Reynolds, Emilee | Pop-Up Atelier | $300 | Roomful of Teeth Vocal Arts Project Inc. | Roomful of Teeth 2025 Residency and Performance at MASS MoCA and Studio 9 Listening Party | $1,358 | Ryan, Elizabeth | Totality | $660 | Ryan, Elizabeth | Totality | $660 | Second Chance Composting LLC | Pumpkin Smash Festival, Composting Education and Rosco the Optimist | $747 | Seeing Rainbows Inc | Multidisciplinary Art Salon | $250 | Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | 2026 Fall Festival of Shakespeare | $1,019 | Small Planet Dancers | The Victorian Ballroom: Afternoon Tea and Murder | $600 | St. John III, Edmund | Summer concert series | $1,222 | St. John's Parish of Williamstown Mass. | St. John's Concert Series | $1,981 | St. Stanislaus Kostka School | Field trips to engage in local culture | $618 | Staples-F, Noel | "Roots & Rhythm: A Celebration of Dance and Drum" | $1,651 | Sweeney, Jessica | Textile Repair Cafe | $856 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Berkshire Rhythm Keepers at Ramblefest w/ Guests Adams COA Seniors | $650 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Forest and Field Ecology and Exploration at Youth Center Inc and Mt Greylock summit | $1,019 | The Adams Theater Presents, Inc. | The Adams Theater Season 2026 | $2,623 | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | $2,212 | The Plant Connector LLC | 100 Terrariums, 1 Community | $500 | The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Inc. | All Aboard the Democracy Limited: Prison Special! | $655 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Old Time Sing-along | $500 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Blues to Bluegrass | $500 | Tool, Kristen | Lanesborough 6th Grade Impactful Messages Mural | $679 | Tool, Kristen | Repair and Repurpose Sewing Workshops | $1,019 | Town of Cheshire | Cheshire Hoedown (Former Summer Festival/Block Party) | $1,358 | Town of Florida | Birds of Prey Presentation and Watercolor Painting | $600 | Truss III, Tom | Mixed Nuts: a Reimagining of The Nutcracker Ballet | $1,019 | Tsui, Cheung | North County Chorale | $679 | Tupper, Lara | Pick Up the Pen: Start Your Writing Project | $525 | Van Egmond, Timothy | Performances For Baby Animals Festival | $140 | Wallen, Eric | Birds Bricks and Bozos | $650 | Weber, Stefanie L. | A Body That is Yours to Find | $679 | Westchester Circus Arts, Ltd. | MILL TOWN CIRCUS 3: The Next Wave | $2,629 | Williamstown Cultural District | Cultural Collab Monthly Series | $568 | Williamstown Cultural District | Creative Futures: Emerging Voices | $700 | Williamstown Farmers Market | Music & Arts at the Market | $1,770 | Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, Inc. | Nature Education Through Multiple Media | $2,311 | York, Matt | Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Songs & Stories w/ Matt York | $500 | Youth Center, Inc. | School Break Play & resin & glass art project | $1,154 |