Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Resources for Artists - Grants / Emergency Funds / Financial Assistance
updated 1/24
Resources that may be helpful for western MA artists and creative businesses during the pandemic. I will add more to this post as I find them, note that many grants have deadlines to apply. Many of these resources are still being updated so keep checking them for new info.
- Curious Creators Grants
- 2021 Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art
- Western MA Microenterprise Forgivable Loans via Franklin County CDC
- Rural Relief Small Business Grants
- Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowships
- TDI Creative Catalyst Grant from MassDevelopment
- The Create Fund Grants from Shutterstock
- Capacity-Building Grants For BIPOC Artists in MA from Assets for Artists
- Regional Small Business COVID Recovery Grants Program via Valley CDC
- Western Massachusetts Community Mutual Aid
- Public Art Learning Fund from NEFA
- Small Business Legal Clinic at WNE School of Law
- Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Artist Resources from CUE
- Leveler’s Peer to Peer Wealth Distribution
- Covid-19 Freelance Artist Resource
- Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
- The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant for painters, printmakers, and sculptors
- $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19 from Artist Relief
- Economic Relief for the Creative Community in Federal COVID-19 Relief Bill
- Senator Jo Comerford's Constituent Resource Guide (info for MA small businesses and unemployment)
- Resources from CERF+ (The Artists Safety Net)
- Coronavirus Resource and Response Center from American for the Arts
- AES Resource list during COVID-19 (UMass Arts Extension Service)
- Financial Relief Resources for Artists During COVID-19 from Artwork Archive
- COVID-19 Resources from the MCC
- COVID-19 Resource list from NEFA
- List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak from Creative Capital
- Small Business Assistance for COVID-19
- Emergency relief info and resources from Assets for Artists
- COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations from the NEA
- COVID-19 Emergency Funding and Artist Resources
- Resources for Artists in the COVID-19 Crisis, Emergency grants, freelance resources, legal aid, and more
- Emergency Funds – All Art Forms from womenarts.org
Stay safe, friends. This is a rough ride, for some more than others. Check on your friends, family, and neighbors, try to stay calm and keep kindness and willingness to share and help in your hearts. We need each other more than ever right now ❤
