Somerville Arts Council
The mission of the Somerville Arts Council (SAC) is to cultivate and celebrate the creative expressions of the Somerville community. Through innovative collaborations and quality programming we work to make the arts an integral part of life reflective of our diverse city.
Contact
Rachel Strutt
rstrutt@somervillema.gov
617-625-6600
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/
Address
50 Evergreen Avenue
Somerville, MA 02145-2819
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Application Information
FY25 Allocation
$54,400
FY25 Local Priorities
The Somerville Arts Council supports individuals, organizations, and schools through both project, individual fellowships, and fieldtrip grants. These applications are categorized and reviewed through a genre based structure. We also provide a Cultural Heritage category in support of our diverse city.
FY25 Local Guidelines
All applicants must review and follow our application process which correlates with the MCC/LCC final application process. This is especially important when submitting support materials to further review your proposal. Please go to https://somervilleartscouncil.org/lccgrants to review and submit via guidelines. Also we provide LCC workshops for applicants. Please review the guidelines and try to attend one of our three sessions in September.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Reimbursement Grants
FY25 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Allen-Love, DeVante | Queering Combat: A Theatrical Dance for LGBTQ Healing and Empowerment | $1,309 | Around Hear | Around Hear | $3,000 | Arthur D. Healey School | Music, Project | $2,237 | Back Room Boston, Inc. | The Somerville Chanukah Party! | $3,750 | Ballou Read, Andrea | Literature, Fellowship | $990 | Benjamin G. Brown School | Brown School Pollinator Garden Transformer Mural | $3,600 | Benjamin G. Brown School | Presentation with Author and Illustrator Oge Mora | $1,302 | Bettagere Nagendra Prasad, Pranav Swaroop | Project SARANG - Colors of South Asian Music | $500 | Brooks, Nancy | Fellowship | $775 | Brown, Najee | Crown- A celebration of Black Hair | $3,000 | Capley, Dara | Dance, Fellowship | $1,380 | Cappello, Liv | Visual Art, Project | $2,700 | Carlino, Matthew | G'25 Gilman Square Arts and Music Festival | $1,500 | Center for Arabic Culture, Inc. | CAC 11th Annual Festival and Bookfair | $2,775 | Costa, Tori | Visual Art, Project | $1,150 | Cuciti, Jennifer | One of my current projects is a documentary called "Pond to Plate" which is about sustainable aquaculture and oyster farming in Rhode Island. I also have a music video in development and have filmed quite a few weddings in Massachusetts. | $1,000 | Diallo, Audrey | Therapeutic Drumming Workshops for Seniors | $500 | DuVal, Grace | Visual Art, Fellowship | $3,000 | East Somerville Main Streets, Inc. | Music on Broadway | $1,125 | Fasciano, Ella | Sonder Scribbles — A Community Project Celebrating People’s Power | $500 | Franklin, Laila | Loose: A Multidisciplinary Performance | $5,000 | Frost, Christopher | Artist Fellowship | $2,500 | Green, Catherine | Literature, Fellowship | $2,500 | Gruman, Jack | Interrelated media, Fellowship | $1,000 | Harvey, Mark | Mark Harvey and Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Concert: No Walls, Jazz Beyond Category | $2,000 | Hofer Griffith, Alexis | Artwear: The SOS Fashion Show | $1,150 | Houten, Stephanie | OPEN SWIM | $3,000 | Inglese, Kendall | Pollinator Story & STEM: Leticia's Discovery Garden | $1,375 | Izuyama, Yumi | Festa Junina: Bumba-Meu-Boi | $2,650 | Jehlen, Wendy | Dance, Fellowship | $2,759 | John F. Kennedy School | Imagination Station Puppet Project | $3,500 | King, Tom | Theatre, Project | $5,000 | Liendo, Karina | Cultural Heritage, Bilingual Fun Storytelling _Latin American Series Project | $1,772 | Livne, Shir | Interrelated Media, Project | $3,000 | LoVerme, Stephen | Somergloom 2025 | $2,500 | Lu, Jade | JoyFest | $3,000 | Lyons, Gila | Literature, Project -- Community Building Through Writing Workshop and Literature: Writing about Illness, Disability, and Chronic Pain | $850 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! - a dance series | $500 | Maganzini, Glen | KLYAM Summer Music Series | $1,300 | Marvosh, Emily | Music, Fellowship | $2,250 | MetaMovements LLC | Que Bailen Los Niños! | $2,270 | Meyers, Matt | Visual Art, Fellowship | $1,500 | Muskat, Carolyn M. | New Work | $1,500 | Mystic Learning Center, Inc. | Books Of Hope | $2,100 | NAKATO, CATHERINE | The Legacy Ball 2025 | $3,000 | New Impressions Print Studio | Visual Art, Project | $2,900 | Newman, Howard | Knock on Wood, acoustic folk-rock duo | $250 | Ogden, Claire | Hero Camp! Community Film Screenings | $2,300 | Opera on Tap Boston | Buzzing B's and High C's - An Operatic Pollinator Project | $2,859 | Owen Smith, Zinnia | Literature, Fellowship | $1,000 | Paint Your Truth | Paint Your Truth (pop up mini series) | $3,000 | Pham, Windy | Celebrating Asian Culture: Educational Workshops for Children | $2,500 | Piaia, Jessa | Theatre Fellowship | $2,760 | Prospect Hill Academy Charter School | Field Trip to the Greater Boston Stage Company | $2,000 | Purushotham, Mark | Media Arts, Fellowship | $2,000 | Rahimi, Ida | Literature, Fellowship | $3,000 | Ross, Allison | Moving Together: Heritage Week at the Argenziano School | $5,000 | Sanchez, Laura | Welcome to Holland!? PREMIER | $3,000 | Scott, David | Songwriters in the Round | $800 | Shalom-Kobii, Tal Shalom | A Tribute to Women Composers and Song Writers around the globe | $825 | Somerville High School | SHS Mural Project with Nxandres | $3,547 | Somerville Historical Society | Art of the Festival Exhibition and Concert | $4,000 | Somerville Public Schools | Literature, Project | $3,525 | Spicer Hankle, Christopher | We Are Trull Street: A History of Somerville in One Block | $1,000 | Tanenhaus, Allison | Visual Art, Fellowship | $2,500 | Taylor, Eric | Voices of Somerville _A Celebration of Poets and Poetry | $3,000 | The Beautiful Stuff Project, Inc. | Cultural Heritage, Project | $2,670 | The Boston New Music Initiative, Inc. | BNMI’s 15th Anniversary Guerilla Concerts | $200 | The Center for Arts at the Armory, Inc. | Performance Opportunity Program (POP) | $2,500 | Torgerson, Mark | Kadanz Jazz | $486 | Tunefoolery Music, Inc. | Music, Project | $2,000 | Van Egmond, Timothy | Performance at the Somerville Senior Center | $505 | Vecellio, Stephanie | Visual Art, Fellowship | $775 | Waterman, Jon | Live Music Making History Live | $250 | Weissman, Lynn | Fellowship: Cinematographer | $695 | West Somerville Neighborhood School | Imagination Station Puppet Residency | $4,350 | Westwater Weekes, Naomi | Reclaiming Folk | $900 | Wetherbee, Benjamin | Somerville Square Dance | $3,000 | WholeTone Music Academy Teaching Collective | Instrument Petting Zoo and Mutant Adoption Agency | $500 | Wood, Hannah | Visual Art, Fellowship | $777 | Wright, David | Boston Progressive Jazz Festival | $1,300 | York, Matt | Matt York - Songs & Stories: Johnny Cash | $375 | Young, Susan | Film/Video, Project | $3,000 |
