Holyoke Local Cultural Council

Holyoke Local Cultural Council meeting with special guest City of Holyoke Director of Planning & Economic Development, Aaron Vega!

We got to table at Holyoke PrideFest 2024 yesterday -- continuing our community surveys, talking about the upcoming grant cycle and more. Hopefully you'll see us out and about at other events in Holyoke, but don't forget that you can take our annual community survey online!

It's that time of year again -- we need your input as we set our funding priorities for the upcoming 2025 grant cycle! Please take a few minutes and let us know your thoughts! Ha llegado la época del año en la que necesitamos su opinión para establecer nuestras prioridades de financiación para el próximo ciclo de subvenciones de 2025. Tómese unos minutos y háganos llegar su opinión.
English: https://forms.gle/92x61RtUELDQkpvj9
Espanol: https://forms.gle/9XEkivk1iohpP9yQ6

Holyoke Local Cultural Council Encuesta Comunitaria 2024 (En Español)

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Ha llegado la época del año en la que necesitamos su opinión para establecer nuestras prioridades de financiación para el próximo ciclo de subvenciones de 2025. Tómese unos minutos y háganos llegar su opinión.

https://forms.gle/9XEkivk1iohpP9yQ6

It's that time of year again -- we need your input as we set our funding priorities for the upcoming 2025 grant cycle! Please take a few minutes and let us know your thoughts!

https://forms.gle/53g91p45hMeMUNMz7

It's that time of year again -- we need your input as we set our funding priorities for the upcoming 2025 grant cycle! Please take a few minutes and let us know your thoughts! Ha llegado la época del año en la que necesitamos su opinión para establecer nuestras prioridades de financiación para el próximo ciclo de subvenciones de 2025. Tómese unos minutos y háganos llegar su opinión.
English: https://forms.gle/92x61RtUELDQkpvj9
Espanol: https://forms.gle/9XEkivk1iohpP9yQ6

Holyoke Local Cultural Council Community Input Survey 2024 (English Version)

Opportunities & Resources for Orgs - May 24 – Mass Cultural Council A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations

Holyoke Local Cultural Council 2023-2024 Grants Cycle Reception! Thanks to all the grantees who attended to celebrate their grant awards and our caterers Fame Eatery/Lounge and Crave!

In November 2023, we reviewed a record-breaking 116 applications for the
Local Cultural Council grant program! Here's the list of the 2024 grant
projects funded in part by a grant from the Holyoke Local Cultural Council.

Creative Resilience: Liberatory Grant Writing for Artists
Fiestas Patronales
Holyoke Pride Theatre
Family Art Night at Girls Inc. - with Bilingual Instruction
Party in the Park 2024
Ashes in my Neighborhood
Holyoke Ethnic Studies Block Party
Discovering Dinosaurs in the Pioneer Valley: A Place-Based Science Podcast for Kids
Connecting culture and music w/ Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Gaia
Roots and Trio Candela
Truth Tellers Theater Ensemble
Art @ Home: Travel Kits
Holyoke Pride
The ArtSalon
Pop up Art School
Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage in the Schools
Tight Pants: A Theater Thursday Reading
Flywheel Zine Workshops
Bi-lingual boathouse introduction & instruction
Stories of Fortitude: Women Composers of the Baroque II
Co-Creating Kin
Love, Peace and House Music (A tribute to Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles)
Art at Home with the Holyoke Senior Center
School Vacation at the ARTery 2024
Hourly Comics Day & 24 Hour Comics Day Events At The Print Shop
Artery Exchange Pilot Project
School Community Mural Program
Old Sturbridge Village Trip
LOCULUS Presents The Third Annual SIDEWAYS DOOR: A Festival of Ecstasies &
Escape Routes
Community Designers
Holyoke Youth Q***r Prom
Art at Home: Snow Day 2024
Poetry Vending Machine Project
Dear Ella Concert
Beads of Courage Studio Partner Event
calaveras painting 2024
Practices in Healing and Mindfulness (Workshop Series)
Art in the Park
7th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda
BioArt at the YMCA
Open Mic’d: A poetry open mic and feature reading series at Holyoke Media
Winter Cabaret, Trimester Showings and Camp Showing
Pastel Paint Georgia O’Keeffe’s Famous Lily
Cultural History at Wistariahurst
Glassblowing Classes for Holyoke Highschoolers
2024 Bilingual Plein Air Tour: Holyoke
Valley Arts Mentors: Mentorship Program and Webinar Series
PVTA Shelter Mural Project
MAPS at the Care Center
Fairy House Craft for Adults
The Great Holyoke Brick Race
Puerto Abierto (Open Port)
YOURS, ISABELLA
Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts
Paper Fest 2024
Ms. Senior Massachusetts Musical Review
Carving Out Your Story
Literacy Puppet Show at the Holyoke Children's Museum
La Borrachita de Amor: Passion and Devotion in Baroque Spain
Historical Presentations and Tours of Holyoke
Kickin' Back With A Former Rockette: The History of the Radio City Rockettes
Creative Youth Arts Lab
A Journey to Japan: a Performance/Workshop Series
Youth Archivist for Social Change Summer Program
Boricuas eh-Strong
"Mother Tongue" by First Generation ensemble

Please join us for a celebration of the 2024 Holyoke Local Cultural Council grant recipients. Learn more about this year's projects and events while celebrating culture and art in the great city of Holyoke. Make connections, enjoy some great food, and help us toast the grantees!

Our 2024 reception will be held at El Mercado at 413 Main Street Holyoke, MA 01040.

Light appetizers (including vegetarian and vegan options) from a variety of Holyoke restaurants will be provided. El Mercado is fully accessible. Free street parking is available. This is an all-ages event and children are welcome.

The Holyoke Local Cultural Council is a program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Event questions can be sent to [email protected].

RSVP requested:

Holyoke Local Cultural Council 2024 Grants Reception Please join us for a celebration of the 2024 Holyoke Local Cultural Council grant recipients. Learn more about this year's projects and events while celebrating culture and art in the great city of Holyoke. Make connections, enjoy some great food, and help us toast the grantees! Our 2024 reception w...

Application Process – Mass Cultural Council Program guidelines and instructions for applying to Festivals & Projects

https://artsake.massculturalcouncil.org/category/call-to-artists/?ss_token=aQpYLx0TfxELFFc5KxEqGRItZiYyZ3EdH2tUUkZCYlhd%252CdntTD0dNGGgiFWwZOxYyRhQyN1IrRncYH2RcUkc~

call to artists Archives - Massachusetts Cultural Council A way to find your next contest, artist residency, call to artists, publication, and more. We publish a new roundup every week, so check back often.

https://massculturalcouncil.org/blog/opportunities-resources-for-orgs-apr-24/

Opportunities & Resources for Orgs - Apr 24 – Mass Cultural Council A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations

from the Massachusetts Cultural Council: Operating Grants for Organizations

Now Open / DEADLINE: June 13, 2024
Who can apply: Organizations
NEW PROGRAM! Unrestricted general operating grants for Massachusetts-based, nonprofit cultural organizations with year-round operations offering public programming in the arts, humanities, or sciences.

Operating Grants for Organizations will provide multi-year, unrestricted operating grants to nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life. These grants will work to strengthen a cultural sector that generates $1.2 billion in economic activity, creates thousands of jobs, and delivers programs to more than 20 million people a year.

Learn more here:

Operating Grants for Organizations – Mass Cultural Council Multi-year, unrestricted operating grants to nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life. Grant amounts start at $6,000.

Grants of $2,500 for organizations to fund activities that provide public benefit using the arts, humanities, or sciences. Read more online:

New Round of Festivals & Projects Grants Available – Mass Cultural Council Grants of $2,500 for organizations to fund activities that provide public benefit using the arts, humanities, or sciences

New Operating Grants for Organizations Available – Mass Cultural Council Multi-year, unrestricted funding for nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life

Want to stay informed about information from the Massachusetts Cultural Council? Join their email list here:

Mass Cultural Council Mass Cultural Council Email Forms

In November 2023, we reviewed a record-breaking 116 applications for the Local Cultural Council grant program! (Learn more about the LCC program here: https://massculturalcouncil.org/.../local-cultural.../)

Here's the list of the 2024 grant projects funded in part by a grant from the Holyoke Local Cultural Council.

Creative Resilience: Liberatory Grant Writing for Artists
Fiestas Patronales
Holyoke Pride Theatre
Family Art Night at Girls Inc. - with Bilingual Instruction
Party in the Park 2024
Ashes in my Neighborhood
Holyoke Ethnic Studies Block Party
Discovering Dinosaurs in the Pioneer Valley: A Place-Based Science Podcast for Kids
​​Connecting culture and music w/ Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Gaia Roots and Trio Candela
Truth Tellers Theater Ensemble
Art @ Home: Travel Kits
Holyoke Pride
The ArtSalon
Pop up Art School
Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage in the Schools
Tight Pants: A Theater Thursday Reading
Flywheel Zine Workshops
Bi-lingual boathouse introduction & instruction
Stories of Fortitude: Women Composers of the Baroque II
Co-Creating Kin
Love, Peace and House Music (A tribute to Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles)
Art at Home with the Holyoke Senior Center
School Vacation at the ARTery 2024
Hourly Comics Day & 24 Hour Comics Day Events At The Print Shop
Artery Exchange Pilot Project
School Community Mural Program
Old Sturbridge Village Trip
LOCULUS Presents The Third Annual SIDEWAYS DOOR: A Festival of Ecstasies & Escape Routes
Community Designers
Holyoke Youth Q***r Prom
Art at Home: Snow Day 2024
Poetry Vending Machine Project
Dear Ella Concert
Beads of Courage Studio Partner Event
calaveras painting 2024
Practices in Healing and Mindfulness (Workshop Series)
Art in the Park
7th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda
BioArt at the YMCA
Open Mic’d: A poetry open mic and feature reading series at Holyoke Media
Winter Cabaret, Trimester Showings and Camp Showing
Pastel Paint Georgia O’Keeffe’s Famous Lily
Cultural History at Wistariahurst
Glassblowing Classes for Holyoke Highschoolers
2024 Bilingual Plein Air Tour: Holyoke
Valley Arts Mentors: Mentorship Program and Webinar Series
PVTA Shelter Mural Project
MAPS at the Care Center
Fairy House Craft for Adults
The Great Holyoke Brick Race
Puerto Abierto (Open Port)
YOURS, ISABELLA
Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts
Paper Fest 2024
Ms. Senior Massachusetts Musical Review
Carving Out Your Story
Literacy Puppet Show at the Holyoke Children's Museum
La Borrachita de Amor: Passion and Devotion in Baroque Spain
Historical Presentations and Tours of Holyoke
Kickin' Back With A Former Rockette: The History of the Radio City Rockettes
Creative Youth Arts Lab
A Journey to Japan: a Performance/Workshop Series
Youth Archivist for Social Change Summer Program
Boricuas eh-Strong
"Mother Tongue" by First Generation ensemble

We are excited to see what 2024 brings for art and culture in Holyoke! Want to learn more about what we do? Come to a meeting: we meet on the first Monday of the month in our office in Holyoke City Hall.

As school vacation week approaches, don't forget that through EBT, WIC & ConnectorCare cardholders get free or discounted admission to 400+ arts & cultural orgs across the state! https://massculturalcouncil.org/organizations/card-to-culture/overview/
📸: Graphic with the text culture connects overlaid a photo of Lakecia Benjamin singing in a microphone. Photo by Robert Torres for Celebrity Series (2023).

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Did you know that each month Mass Cultural Council shares a round-up of grants, trainings, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations?
They also publish a weekly Artist Opportunities listing. Make sure to sign up for their mailing list to be notified of these opportunities as they arise.

¿Sabía que cada mes el Mass Cultural Council publica un resumen de subvenciones, cursos de formación, recursos de asistencia técnica y oportunidades para organizaciones creativas y culturales? También publican una lista semanal de oportunidades para artistas. Asegúrate de inscribirte en su lista de correo para que te avisen de estas oportunidades en cuanto surjan.

Opportunities & Resources for Orgs - Feb 24 – Mass Cultural Council A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations

Application Process – Mass Cultural Council Application instructions for Grants for Creative Individuals

We had a special guest at our recent meeting. Many thanks to Mayor Joshua A. Garcia for stopping in and saying hello! We're in the middle of our grant review process, working through a record-breaking 116 applications, but we're on track to finish later this month. Stay tuned for more information!

from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (which is our parent organization) :

$5K Grants for Creative Individuals for MA artists, creatives, performers, & cultural bearers.
This new program offers unrestricted grants to artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners. We welcome applications from individuals in all creative fields: visual artists, literary artists, theater artists, performers, film/media artists, music artists, designers, culture bearers/traditional artists, drag artists, cross-disciplinary artists, and more.
- No grant writing experience necessary.
- Info sessions: Nov 8 and Dec 5.
- Deadline: Dec 11, 2023.

Apply Now for Grants for Creative Individuals – Mass Cultural Council Unrestricted funding is available to equitably advance creative expression in Massachusetts

Cultural Facilities Fund

Application Process
Grants to support the acquisition, design, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, or construction of nonprofit cultural facilities.

Además, usted también puede solicitar la traducción de los materiales de la aplicación y que estos se le sean enviados digitalmente. Este proceso tardará de 5 a 10 días hábiles.
https://massculturalcouncil.org/organizations/cultural-facilities-fund/application-process/?fbclid=IwAR2qO5axnAIH6val1BeGBubuzLxEBp7wIP-JLwiOZJswJNvMUjDYR2DfbT8

Application Process – Mass Cultural Council Provides major improvement grants to nonprofit cultural organizations, in recognition of their profound economic impact on communities across Massachusetts.

¡¡NO OLVIDE PULSAR "ENVIAR" EN SU SOLICITUD!!

LCC Program Application Deadline - Martes, 17 de octubre 11:59PM (Esta es una fecha límite dura, no hay excepciones posibles)
La fecha límite para que los solicitantes envíen su solicitud en línea es el 17 de octubre. Los solicitantes que trabajen en la solicitud después de las 11:59PM no podrán enviar su solicitud -- el botón de enviar desaparecerá en ese momento. Por favor, envíela lo antes posible y no espere hasta el último minuto. No se aceptarán solicitudes en papel o enviadas por correo.

DON'T FORGET TO PRESS "SUBMIT" ON YOUR APPLICATION!!
LCC Program Application Deadline – Tuesday, October 17 11:59PM (This is a hard deadline, no exceptions possible)
The deadline for applicants to submit their online application is on October 17th. Applicants working on the application past 11:59PM will not be able to submit their application -- the submit button will disappear at that time. Please submit as early as possible and not wait until the last minute. Paper/mailed applications cannot be accepted.

DON'T FORGET TO PRESS "SUBMIT" ON YOUR APPLICATION!!

LCC Program Application Deadline – Tuesday, October 17 11:59PM (This is a hard deadline, no exceptions possible)
The deadline for applicants to submit their online application is on October 17th. Applicants working on the application past 11:59PM will not be able to submit their application -- the submit button will disappear at that time. Please submit as early as possible and not wait until the last minute. Paper/mailed applications cannot be accepted.

¡¡NO OLVIDE PULSAR "ENVIAR" EN SU SOLICITUD!!

LCC Program Application Deadline - Martes, 17 de octubre 11:59PM (Esta es una fecha límite dura, no hay excepciones posibles)
La fecha límite para que los solicitantes envíen su solicitud en línea es el 17 de octubre. Los solicitantes que trabajen en la solicitud después de las 11:59PM no podrán enviar su solicitud -- el botón de enviar desaparecerá en ese momento. Por favor, envíela lo antes posible y no espere hasta el último minuto. No se aceptarán solicitudes en papel o enviadas por correo.

LCC Program Application Deadline – Tuesday, October 17 11:59PM (This is a hard deadline, no exceptions possible)

The deadline for applicants to submit their online application is on October 17th. Applicants working on the application past 11:59PM will not be able to submit their application -- the submit button will disappear at that time. Please submit as early as possible and not wait until the last minute. Paper/mailed applications cannot be accepted.

Application Process – Mass Cultural Council Application process for the Local Cultural Council Program.

Stoked to be out talking up the Local Cultural Council grants program today at the The Great Holyoke Brick Race. Don't forget to get the applications in -- the deadline's coming up faster than the bricks out there racing today!

Brick race 2023