Ayer Cultural Council

Amount Available for Granting in FY 2011

(information not yet available)

PASS applications are accepted.

LCC Program Guidelines (PDF)

Funding Priorities

Preference will be given to Ayer-based non-profit organizations and local artists/humanists for projects that will benefit the Ayer community.

It is recommended that applicants based outside of Ayer collaborate with or secure the sponsorship of an Ayer organization/institution/individual. Evidence of collaboration or sponsorship, in the form of a letter from the Ayer entity, must be attached to the application.

Local Guidelines

Mission

Ayer Cultural Council's mission is to promote, nurture and maintain the vitality of the cultural resources within the Ayer community. With the annual Grant from the state, our role is to distribute the funding appropriately to support various activities that would enhance cultural awareness in the Ayer community.

Eligibility

The wide range of supported activities includes a broad variety of art forms, ongoing work of individual artists and writers, collaborative projects on literature, and historical as well as environmental education.

Criteria

Applicants can be:
Arts, humanities or interpretive science organizations; Individuals including artists, science educators, historians or other humanists, parents, community members, etc.;

Community organizations including, but not limited to, schools, social service organizations, business and civic groups, neighborhood centers, youth, senior and family associations, etc. Incorporated organizations must be nonprofit; unincorporated associations must have a nonprofit purpose. Individual applicants are required to be Massachusetts’s residents for at least one year; organizations must be organized and operating in the state of Massachusetts for at least one year.

Procedure

Applications musts be submitted on the official application form. Application forms are available online at www.massculturalcouncil.org . Completed applications must be received or postmarked by Oct. 15 or the next business day should the 15th fall on a weekend or holiday. Send application and support materials to the Ayer Cultural Council, 1 Main Street, Ayer, MA 01432.

Applicants must submit one set of supporting materials. Not necessary but helpful are letters of support/commitment from sponsoring organizations.

Conditions

Projects must demonstrate their relationship to the town.

Projects must be completed within one year of the date of final written notice of grant award approved locally and by the state.

Events and activities must be held in physically accessible facilities.

Payments are on a reimbursement basis after the project is completed. Payment requests must document expenses with invoices, canceled checks, receipts and/or contracts.

The sponsoring group or individual must acknowledge LCC support in all published materials and announcements regarding the LCC supported event. The MCC logo is available at the MCC's website, www.massculturalcouncil.org or by contacting the MCC. The credit statement "This program is supported in part by a grant from the Ayer Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency." may be used as well. Failure to comply may jeopardize future funding.

Grant Applicants

• Tips for Grant Applicants
• LCC Grant Application (PDF, 20 KB)
• PASS Grant Application (PDF, 35 KB)

Grant Recipients

• LCC Reimbursement Form
• Credit and Publicity Kit for LCC and PASS Grant Recipients
• Download an MCC Credit Logo

FY 2010

Name	Project	Discipline	Amount
Adamson, Janet	Stellaluna Theater Performance	Theater	$500
Audio Journal, Inc.	Cultural Companionship	Literature	$400
Ayer Community School	Museum of Fine Arts Artful Adventures Animals in Art	Multidisciplinary	$425
Ayer Fourth of July Committee	4th of July Parade, Fireworks & Activities	Multidisciplinary	$500
Buck Expeditions	BuckExpeditions' Explorers Program	Multidisciplinary	$500
Contemporary Arts International, Incl	CAI Grand Opening Events	Multidisciplinary	$300
Cope, Edward L., Jr.	Reading Is Magic	Theater	$450
DER "Work of 1000"	Marion Stoddart: The Work of !000 Documentary Project	Humanities	$400
Fitchburg Art Museum	75th Annual Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft	Multidisciplinary	$200
Frenkel, Yetti	Cinquain Poetry and Fold-Out Book Workshop	Literature	$350
Fruitlands Museum	Birds of a Feather	Visual Arts	$300
Hamelin, Richard L.	Magical Potter's Wheel	Media Arts	$350
Hands on History -- 7th Mass Regiment	Hands on History - Continental Soldiers by the 7th Mass Regiment	History	$350
Indian Hill Arts, Inc.	Ayer Spring Fling Dinner Dance with IH Big Band	Music	$550
Lappen, Henry	Henry the Juggler performance	Theater	$425
Maichack, Gregory	Pastel Paint Expressively: VanGogh's 'Starry Night'	Media Arts	$435
Nashoba Valley Concert Band	Conductor Fees, Insurance and Music	Music	$350
The Marble Collection, Inc.	The Marble Collection	Multidisciplinary	$100
Wirt, Edward	Tequila Amigos Latin Orchestra Concert/Dance	Music	$300