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BOSTON – The
application is now open for Mass Cultural Council’s FY24 Grants for Creative Individuals program.
This new funding opportunity provides unrestricted grants of $5,000 to
Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners to
equitably advance creative expression throughout our diverse communities.
This year, Mass Cultural Council expects to invest $1.875 million into
the program by awarding approximately 375 grants in total.
As the Commonwealth’s independent state arts agency, Mass Cultural Council
is charged with bolstering the creative and cultural sector, thereby
advancing economic vitality, supporting transformational change, and celebrating,
preserving, and inspiring creativity across all Massachusetts communities.
The Agency pursues this mission through a broad range of programs,
services, advocacy, and the equitable investment of public resources.
These grants are available for Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, or
creative practitioners who are active in any artistic/creative discipline.
This includes those whose creative expression is based in: community-based
arts, crafts, design, digital, film/video, folk/world/traditional arts,
native/indigenous arts, literature, music, performance, photography,
theater, and visual arts.
Key dates for the FY24 Grants for Creative Individuals program include:
· Applications
Open – October 25, 2023
· Information
Sessions – November 8 and December 5, 2023
· Q&A
Breakout Session with staff after the Agency’s public forum on the Creative Gig Economy –
November 6, 2023.
· Applications
Due – December 11, 2023
· Grant
Notifications – Spring 2024
Prospective
applicants are encouraged to review the program guidelines for
more information, including instructions on how to apply.
For information and to stay up to date on other Mass Cultural Council funding
opportunities this fiscal year, prospective applicants are
encouraged to follow the Agency on social media - @MassCultural – or sign up to
receive the monthly Power of Culture e-newsletter.
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