Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Resources for Artists: Grants / Financial Assistance / Workshops / Webinars
updated 7/14/2025
Resources that may be helpful for western MA visual artists and creative small businesses. Note that many grants have deadlines to apply. Also keep an eye on the local "Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities" section in the weekly newsletter.
- Capacity-Building Grants via Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts - deadline 7/31/25
- The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency Program - early applications due 8/1/25
- Artist Opportunities via Creative Capital
- The Brooks and Joan Fortune Foundation (BJFF) - deadline 12/31/25
- Find a Grant via NEFA
- Free Professional Development Workshops for Artists from Assets for Artists
- Free Business Basics Webinar via Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) - workshops held first Mondays and third Thursdays
- Activists & Artists in Residence at Kripalu
- Creator Fund via Creative Capital
- Emergency Grants from Foundation for Contemporary Arts - monthly
- Rural Relief Small Business Grants - new round coming
- The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant for painters, printmakers, and sculptors - no deadline
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants - no deadline
- AES Resource List (UMass Arts Extension Service)
- Emergency Aid from Artists' Fellowship
- Arts Resources from NALAC
- Small Business Legal Clinic at WNE School of Law
- Artist Resources from CUE
- Leveler's Peer to Peer Wealth Distribution
- Emergency Grants from CERF+
