Mid-Cape Cultural Council

The Mid-Cape Cultural Council promotes and supports the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences to benefit people in the towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth. Grant applications are available online through the Mass Cultural Council website beginning September 1st through the deadline of October 16th.

All questions about grants should be directed to [email protected].

Council Members: Margeaux Weber (Chair), Carolyn Ferrell (Secretary), Rachel Youngling (Treasurer), Kate McMahon, Barbara Hersey.

Contact

[email protected]
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Address
367 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02601-3907

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Application Information

FY26 Allocation

$22,700

FY26 Local Priorities

The Mid-Cape Cultural Council is made up of volunteers appointed by the Barnstable Town Council and Yarmouth Select Board. Council members annually review grant applications to determine how to distribute the funds allocated annually to our community through the Mass Cultural Council’s Local Cultural Council program. Each Local Cultural Council is responsible for ensuring that its grants and programs provide the greatest possible benefit to the community. To achieve that goal, each Council is tasked with soliciting input from its community to determine its cultural needs and help establish local priorities for funding.
The community was asked to prioritize types of projects, community needs in the areas of arts, culture and interpretive sciences, and benefit to the community. In accordance with the community response, for FY26, the Mid-Cape Cultural Council will prioritize
• Projects involving arts education and instruction, visual arts, and public art.
• Fulfilling unmet community needs with support for individual artists, projects celebrating local history and cultural diversity, and free and low-cost events.
• Projects that take place in Barnstable and Yarmouth.

FY26 Local Guidelines

All applicants should review the state guidelines for Local Cultural Councils. Applications will be evaluated in accordance with the state requirements along with the following local guidelines:
• Grant applications are available online through the Mass Cultural Council website beginning September 2nd through the deadline of October 16th.
• All applications must be submitted online through the Mass Cultural Council website.
• No late applications will be considered.
• Project must benefit people (audiences, artists, students, etc.) in Barnstable and/or Yarmouth.
• Support of the local priorities will be considered in the evaluation.
• Generally, awards are not less than $250 or more than $1,500.
• The Mid-Cape Cultural Council prefers to fully fund projects.
• Applications for the same project shall be eligible for funding for a maximum of 3 consecutive years, at the discretion of the Council.
• If an applicant is not associated with the proposed venue for a program, it is recommended that the applicant submit a letter of interest in the program from a representative of the venue with the application. Note: the venue will not be precluded from their own grant application
• Applicants are discouraged from submitting more than one application per fiscal year, but if more than one application is submitted, applicants should prioritize them in an accompanying letter.
• If individuals or organizations collaborate on a single application, one member of the collaboration must be designated as the lead applicant for fiscal management purposes.
• Applicant must credit Mid-Cape Cultural Council for partial or full funding of an event or project.
• Funded projects should be completed by December 31st of the year following the year of application. Example: If applications are due on Oct. 16, 2025, the project must be completed by Dec. 31, 2026.
• Final reports must be submitted in a timely manner, or the applicant will not be eligible for future funding.

How Grant Recipients Are Paid

Direct Grants

FY26 Funding List

Name	Project Title	Amount
Barnstable Land Trust, Inc.	eARTh Arts	$1,250
Bates III, Davis R.	Two Inter-Generational Performances for the Centerville Public Library	$550
Breath and Sound, Inc	Movement and Art by the Sea - 4 Events	$950
Cotuit Library Association, The	Sounds of Summer Concert Series	$1,500
Cravenho, David	Outside Straight Lines II	$655
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Inc.	Rise & Shine	$1,500
Cumes, Julia	Invisible Threads: Portraits and Stories of Our Global Neighbors – The Next Chapter	$1,500
Edgecomb, Diane	Summer Reading Performances for Mid-Cape Libraries	$1,010
Gull Island Institute, Inc	Expanding Place-Based Learning in Barnstable County: 4Cs x Gull Island Institute	$1,367
Levy, Emma	Sk8 & Create	$1,500
MUSIC Dance.edu	Hip Hop Popular Culture: Where's the Beef? Kendrick Lamar and Drake	$455
Peters, Zyg	Project Title: Mr. Z’s Student Enrollment	$1,000
Shields, Stephen	The Evolution of Country Blues	$250
Song Keepers, Ltd	SOUL on the MOVE	$1,500
The Awareness Project, Inc.	Mindfulness & Music: Two Events	$530
The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Inc.	West Villages Elementary School Field Trip & Exhibition at the Cahoon Museum	$1,000
The Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space, Inc.	American Revolution Zine	$1,500
The Hyannis Public Library Association	The HeART of the Story: Building Emotional Intelligence Through Reading	$750
Whatley, Adeline	Indigenous Beading Class	$1,000
Wilson, Mary	Puppets, Paul & Mary: Summer Bucket List	$1,000
Yarmouth Town Libraries	Let’s Get Colorful! Holi at Your Library	$550
Zuzanski, Jacek	Mid-Cape and Cotuit Puppetry Series	$1,400