Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
Resources for Artists: Grants / Financial Assistance / Workshops / Webinars
updated 4/21/2024
Resources that may be helpful for western MA visual artists and creative small businesses. Note that many grants have deadlines to apply. Many of the COVID-19 resources are still being updated so keep checking them for new info. Also keep an eye on the local "Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities" section in the weekly newsletter.
- 2025 Residencies at The Studios at MASS MoCA - deadline 6/8/24
- Creative Sector Pathway Program via LaunchSpace
- Artist Opportunities: April and May via Creative Capital
- April Jobs & Opportunities 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
- BridgeSong Fund: Emergency Relief for Western MA Women, Nonbinary, and Genderqueer Artists of Color
- Emergency Grants from Foundation for Contemporary Arts - monthly
- Jar of Love Microgrants for Creatives of Color from ARTNOIR - rolling deadline
- 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
- Western Massachusetts Community Mutual Aid
- Small Business Legal Clinic at WNE School of Law
- Artist Resources from CUE
- Leveler's Peer to Peer Wealth Distribution
- Emergency Grants from CERF+
