Cambridge Arts Council
Cambridge Arts Council is a city agency that funds, promotes, and presents high-quality, community-based arts programming for the benefit of artists, residents, employees, and visitors in Cambridge, MA. As one of the oldest and most dynamic arts agencies in the country, Cambridge Arts fosters opportunities to recognize, celebrate, and support artists and artmaking reflective of the diverse populations in the city. Operating with funding from local and state government, private foundations, corporate sponsors, and individual donors, Cambridge Arts delivers on its mission by fulfilling three primary roles:
Connector: Through partnerships with artists, presenters, donors and audiences, the agency operates as a vital cultural presence in the region. From connecting local youth with professional teaching artists to securing performance space for both emerging and established ensembles and introducing residents to local artists through Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge Arts links people and resources from across the artistic spectrum to spark innovative collaboration.
Presenter: In addition to exhibitions and educational programming presented in the Cambridge Arts Space, Cambridge Arts stages high-profile events such as the Cambridge Arts River Festival, a signature city celebration and regional event. The festival features a wide array of music, dance, theater and visual art and attracts a robust audience of close to 200,000 visitors annually.
Funder: Through the Cambridge Arts Grant Program, Cambridge Arts awards dozens of financial grants each year in support of high-quality, community-based art projects representing all artistic disciplines.
*** View our Local Council Grant Guidelines here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/Grants/howtoapplyforgrants
All local guidelines and requirements MUST be completed IN ADDITION TO the state application.***
To learn more about Cambridge Arts and our programs visit: http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org
Contact
Deena Anderson, Director of Community Arts
danderson@cambridgema.gov
617-349-4380
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/
Address
344 Broadway
2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139-1701
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Application Information
FY24 Allocation
$33,500
FY24 Local Priorities
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/openstudios/forartists
FY24 Local Guidelines
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/openstudios/forartists
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY24 Funding List
Name | Project Title | Amount |
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All Things Dance Boston | The Bridge Vol 2 | $3,690 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Song & Story Summer Reading Celebration | $495 | Belmont World Film, Inc. | Belmont World Film's 21st Family Festival | $1,575 | Bemak, Amber | Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bears Ville | $4,500 | Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Limited | Turning Ideas into Comics | $4,500 | Bouton, Ligia | 25 Variable Stars: A Temporary Monument for Henrietta Swan Leavitt | $4,500 | Callam, Katie | Celebrating the Legacy of Maud Cuney-Hare | $4,050 | Cambridge Community Center, Inc. | The Hip Hop Transformation | $4,500 | Cambridgeport Elementary School | Quinobequin River Play Project | $4,500 | Castle of our Skins, Inc. | Love & Justice | $4,500 | Chan, Christina R. | AAPC Playfest 7 | $4,500 | Dance in the Schools LLC | Dance in the Schools 2024 | $4,500 | DiMuro, Peter J. | Our Words and Our Movements Connecting All of Us (Phase 1: Jan- May 2023) | $4,500 | Ding, Betty | The East West Collective Show | $4,500 | Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Inc. | An Unending Winter: Tales of Generational Resilience in the Asian Diaspora | $1,800 | Friends of Tobin School, Inc. | Tobin Field Trip for Children's House & Lower Elementary | $3,634 | Izuyama, Yumi | Finding Connection With Nature Through Kamishibai Stories and Community Art Projects | $1,890 | Just A Start Inc | Just A Start - Financial Empowerment Collaborative Mural | $4,500 | Juventas Music, Inc. | Juventas Cambridge Series | $2,700 | Li, Zhonghe (Elena) | Dragon, River and Climate Resilience | $4,500 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! a dance series | $810 | Malis, Denise | Visual Visions | $4,239 | Newtowne School Incorporated | Alastair Moock and Friends Family Concert | $900 | OYAY LLC | Vivid Oblivion - Choreo Lab | $4,464 | Paul, Aparna | INTERWOVEN: A showcase of multigenerational placemaking through textile/fiber arts | $313 | Photographic Resource Center, Inc. | PRC Speaker Series | $1,350 | Russo, Patricia | Partners in Rhyme: Using poetry to bring generations together | $3,083 | Sanchez, Laura | Welcome to Holland! | $4,500 | Shelter Music Boston, Inc. | Transformative Classical Music for People Who are Homeless or At-Risk | $4,500 | Survivor Theatre Project | Healing Through Creative Arts | $4,500 | The Foundry Consortium, Inc. | Foundry Family Festival: Change Makers | $4,050 | United Dance | Carnival of the Animals: A Celebration of Diversity | $4,500 | Westwater Weekes, Naomi | The Reclamation Project: Honoring the Voices of People of Color in Folk Music | $968 | York, Matt | Matt York - Songs & Stories: Johnny Cash | $450 |