Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire
CCNB regrants funds from the Mass Cultural Council to individuals and organizations for projects in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences. In addition, two individual artists are awarded $1000 each annually.
Eleven municipalities are represented. These municipalities are: Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, Monroe, Savoy & Williamstown.
Contact
Cecilia Hirsch
Hirschcecilia7@gmail.com
413-441-7401
Address
PO Box 227
North Adams, MA 01247-0227
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Application Information
FY24 Allocation
$86,500
FY24 Local Priorities
Our Council represents eleven mostly rural towns. In all our activity we seriously consider the challenges of creating community in the Northern Berkshires. We prioritize funding events and projects taking place within our municipalities, and/or where the applicant resides in one of our municipalities.
We aim to at least partially fund all proposals which receive strong reviews. We will never, however, support proposals which solely lead to personal commercial gain.
FY24 Local Guidelines
The Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire makes grants available to:
1- Individuals and organizations for project grants that have a community benefit
2- Schools and other non-profit educational entities
3- Two Individual artists, with the goal of supporting their public exhibition as a kick-off opportunity for the upcoming grant cycle.
When evaluating grants, the Council:
* Takes into account the challenges of creating community in the Northern Berkshires
* Prioritizes funding events and projects taking place within our 11 municipalities, and/or where the applicant resides in one of our 11 municipalities
* Does not support proposals which solely lead to personal commercial gain
* Accepts proposals with digital content, but considers the public benefit they bring to our 11 communities, as well as the grantee’s connection to these communities
* Aims to at least partially fund all proposals which receive strong scoring
* Asks that any member with a conflict of interest refrain from voting on that application
More information on venues:
Venues should be handicap accessible.
The Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire requires venue invitation letters in two instances:
1- If the applicant does not reside in the CCNB area, the application must contain a venue invitation letter signed by a representative from the local hosting venue, preferably on letterhead stationery, confirming that the event will take place at that venue. Phone and email contact information must be included.
2- If the applicant is not the hosting venue, but is using the venue for the project.
If a venue (school, library, theater, etc) is organizing and completing the project, no venue confirmation letter is needed. If a project is digital in delivery, no venue letter is needed.
More information on the artist grants:
1- Artists can note in their application that they would like to be considered for this grant, but this is not required.
2- The award may support any expense that enhances the artist’s ability to create his/her/ their work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc.
3- Artists are chosen based on the excellence of the artist’s work as evidenced by samples of recent work submitted as part of the application as well as the potential of the project to advance the artist’s work. Relevance to our communities is often considered, but is not a requirement.
4- The chosen artists will work with the Cultural Council to create an exhibit/performance of the work created as a result of the grant in one of the eleven towns. During the run of the exhibit/performance, a reception for all grantees may also be held.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Reimbursement Grants
FY24 Funding List
Name | Project Title | Amount |
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Adams Council on Aging | Adams Rythm Keepers | $1,287 | Adams Council on Aging | The Colonial Theatre | $451 | Adams Free Library | Library Programs 2024 | $1,287 | Adams Theater LLC | The Adams Theater Pop-up Season 2024 | $2,897 | Anderson, Barrett | Blues Stories: Culture & History told through Song & Narrative | $450 | Arts in Recovery for Youth | Arts in Recovery for Youth | $500 | Baldwin, Carol | Quilting 101 | $200 | Barbara and Eric Rudd Art Foundation, Inc. | Free Museum Admission for North Adams Residents | $418 | Barrington Stage Company, Inc. | Playwright Mentoring Project | $644 | Barton, Ricky | Robot Paintings 2024 | $951 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Song & Story Summer Reading Celebration | $475 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Celtic Celebration: An Inter-generational Performance | $475 | Bates III, Davis R. | A Celtic Celebration: A Performance for Seniors | $475 | Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School | BART Musical Theatre: Vocal Coach | $500 | Berkshire Music School, Inc. | Willie was Different: A Musical Enrichment Program | $966 | Berkshire Pulse, Inc. | Moving Life Stories for Drury High School Afterschool Program | $1,287 | Bruno, Roger | A Celebration of Song: The Great American Songbook and Beyond | $200 | Canary, Alicia | Making Paper with Invasive Plants | $644 | Canary, Alicia | Pulp Painting Demonstration | $618 | Cheshire Community Association | Cheshire Summer Festival | $1,577 | Cheshire Council on Aging | Seniors to the Theatre 2024 | $525 | Cheshire Cultural Center | The Cosmos LIVE at Cheshire Summer Stage | $966 | Cheshire Library Association | Community programming for the Chehsihre Library | $805 | City of North Adams Farmers Market | Make it at the Market | $1,545 | Clarksburg Town Library | Story Time Series at the Clarksburg Town Library | $2,092 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Common Folk Creative Programming | $500 | Common Folk Artist Collective | Shared Studio & Lending Library | $451 | Community Images, Inc. | Young@Heart | $966 | Cricket Creek Farm, Inc. | Story Walk at Cricket Creek Farm | $1,532 | Daunis, Michael | Concert Series Program | $2,575 | Doubiago, Karylee | Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival | $1,931 | Dunning, Catherine | Life Drawing Program | $708 | Dworkin, Motoko | Tales & Origami for Teens | $386 | Elkus, Eli | Musical Storytelling & Folk Music at Windsor Lake | $400 | Emma L. Miller Memorial Elementary School | School Beats! Drum & Rythm Program | $901 | Ferguson, Carrie | Carrie Ferguson Family Music Concert | $350 | Fietta, Patricia | Pondering Environmental Anxieties | $901 | Friends of the Lanesborough Public Library, Inc. | Cultural Exposure Program | $418 | Future Labs Gallery, LLC | Future Lab[s] Gallery presents The Glow Show - an adventure for the senses | $901 | Hancock Public Schools | Birds of Prey and Reptiles | $644 | Heart & Soil Collective, Inc. | Fruit and Vegetable Illustrated Recipe Cards | $772 | Hess, Molly | Softriot (working Title) | $1,931 | Hilltown Families, Inc. | Hilltown Families Suggests | $250 | Hirsch, Ghetta | Painting for Seniors/Senior Art Show | $772 | Holmes, Isabelle | Phil Kline's Unsilent Night | $386 | Hoosac Valley Elementary School | Fall fever | $354 | Hoosic River Watershed Association, Inc. | Haiku on the Hoosic | $885 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Jacob’s Pillow On The Road | $772 | Jazz in the Berkshires, Inc. | Jazz in the Berkshires | $1,931 | Karlen, Megan | Weaving Connections | $1,223 | Kaye, Marjorie | Star Clusters | $854 | Kids 4 Harmony | Kids 4 Harmony | $1,931 | Lanesborough Public Library | Music and Literacy Enrichment Program | $644 | Lewis, Bernice E. | Songwriting Session (s) | $612 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! --a dance series | $400 | MUSIC Dance.edu | I am Autistic I am Fantastic -- The Musical | $500 | Maichack, Gregory | Painting Seascapes Inspired by Winslow Homer: Maintaining Habitats | $357 | Mankita, Jay | Maker Space Build Along: Chain Reactions | $451 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 2024 Black Student Union Summit | $644 | Mendel, Lisa | Mosaics | $400 | Mendel, Lisa | Mosaic Projects | $400 | Monroe Historical Society | Monroe Historical Society: Building Community, One Block (Party) at a Time | $1,188 | Monroe Historical Society | Monroe Historical Society: Building Community, One Block (Party) at a Time | $1,461 | Mount Greylock Regional High School | Fall Festival of Shakespeare 2023 | $1,931 | Mowinski, Melanie | Designing for a Better World: Social Justice in Communication Design | $451 | Nadler, Charlie | Pop-Up Punchlines | $1,609 | Nelson, Dawn | "'The Freedom of the Brush" | $869 | New England Puppet Arts | 2024 Adams Paint Out | $1,287 | North Berkshire Community Dance | North Berkshire Community Contra Dance | $483 | Northern Berkshire Chorale | Celebrating Diversity, Spring 2024 Concert | $250 | Nutshell Playhouse, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse at Bascom Lodge | $400 | Ouellet, Alvin | "PAINTING THE TOWN: Celebrating Adams. MA." En Plein Air Painting Workshop Series | $1,337 | Parkman, Mary Hannah | Field and Forest Tai Chi | $483 | Pine Cobble School, Inc. | Field Trips | $644 | Pruyne, Linda | Holding Your Hand While Strumming | $483 | Pruyne, Linda | Printing Music Lessons | $349 | Pruyne, Linda | Open Mic Everyone Can Like | $644 | Pruyne, Linda | Ukulele for Everyone | $418 | Roomful of Teeth Vocal Arts Project, Inc. | Roomful of Teeth Residency with Pamela Z and The Living Earth Show | $1,609 | Runciman, Matthew | Creative Songwriting From Life Experiences | $500 | Runciman, Matthew | Bring Open Mic Back to the Northern Berkshires | $515 | Salmeron, Anna | Future Lab[s] Gallery Experiment #3 | $901 | Scott, Sheila | Healing Through Music | $125 | Second Chance Composting LLC | Composting in the Berkshires | $644 | Sevenars Concerts, Inc. | Sevenars 56th Anniversary Season | $250 | Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | 2024 Fall Festival of Shakespeare | $966 | St. John III, Edmund | Sheryl Faye Presents Her Majesty The Queen | $500 | St. Stanislaus Kostka School | Field trips to engage in local culture | $644 | Stockwell, Bernadette | Northern Berkshire: Do Your ARt! | $300 | Sweeney, Jessica | Lamp Light Music Series | $1,159 | Symonds-Powell, Patricia | Don't Box Me In | $579 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Berkshire Rhythm Keepers at Ramblefest w/ Guests Adams COA Seniors | $386 | Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Inc. | Forest and Field Ecology and Exploration at Youth Center Inc and Mt Greylock summit | $966 | Taylor, Desiree | Understanding Our Lives With History: Learning from American History Using An African American Lens | $350 | Taylor, Desiree | Understanding Our Lives With History: Learning from American History Using An African American Lens | $350 | The Artist Book Foundation | Book Donations to schools in the Northern Berkshires | $547 | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | The Berkshire Fife & Drum Corps | $3,219 | The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Inc. | "If I could live another century!" Women's Suffrage after Susan B. Anthony | $826 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Island Vacation | $450 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Classic Country | $450 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Winter Solstice Celebration | $450 | Tool, Kristen | 'We Are Lanesborough' Mural designed by 6th Grade Class | $1,931 | Tupper, Lara | Pick Up the Pen: Start Your Writing Project | $400 | Walkaway House LLC | Center of Gravity Local Pop Up Series | $995 | Wallen, Eric | gallery visual arts exhibit | $1,015 | Warley, Stephen | LumiNAMA Light Festival | $837 | Williamstown Farmers Market | Music at the Market | $708 | Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, Inc. | Sheep to Shawl Cultural Festival 2024 | $1,191 | Witt, Mary | Music for Community | $547 | Wood, Nancy | Ecology and the Changing Landscape | $515 | Youth Center, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse performances | $676 | the Wizard, Ed | Basic Balloon Twisting Workshop | $450 | the Wizard, Ed | Reading is Magic | $450 | the Wizard, Ed | Wildlife Balloon Twisting Workshop | $450 |