Pittsfield Cultural Council
With funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Pittsfield Cultural Council (PCC) provides grants to help underwrite projects, programs, and events in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences. We are committed to supporting the work of local artists, cultural institutions, schools, as well as the work of community members who identify as Black, Indigenous, POC, LGBTQX, refugee, immigrant, or person living with a disability in sustaining and enriching the diverse creative community of the city of Pittsfield, with a focus on making cultural activities accessible and engaging to all.
Contact
Kas Maroney
pittsfieldculture@yahoo.com
413-841-2579
Address
PO Box 1192
70 Allen Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201-6250
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Application Information
FY24 Allocation
$48,500
FY24 Local Priorities
The Pittsfield Cultural Council gathers input from the community yearly and develops funding priorities based on this feedback. This year, the Pittsfield Cultural Council will give priority to :
Projects planned by Pittsfield artists or organization, with attention to those applicants who identify as Black, Indigenous, POC, LGBTQX, refugee, immigrant, or person living with a disability.
Projects with a direct benefit to Pittsfield residents.
Projects that are accessible for free or at minimal cost to community members.
Projects that reach diverse audiences, especially audiences that do not usually benefit from cultural/arts offerings.
Emerging of independent projects, with the goal of promoting new growth in the arts in Pittsfield.
Projects for which a thorough and complete application has been presented, including an identified location with a letter of support from the venue in which the event/project will occur; specific dates for which the project has been scheduled; and complete budget information, including all funding sources, including in-kind.
FY24 Local Guidelines
A resume or other documentation, detailing the the applicant’s qualifications must be included with the application.
In this time of pandemic, we wish to provide latitude to artists who are limited to presentations on a virtual platform.
Applicants will not be funded for more than three consecutive years. We would ask that the applicant who has been funded for three consecutive years would refrain from making application to the council for one year.
Any changes to the project after approval of the original grant application must be submitted in writing, (e-mail is acceptable) and approved by the Pittsfield cultural Council in advance of those changes.
Only one application will be considered from any individual or organization during each grant year.
The PCC does not fund fund-raising projects or grant scholarships.
The MCC logo and the PCC logo must be used in all promotional materials for any project that the PCC has funded. Those who fail to do so may be ineligible for subsequent funding. The PCC logo is available in several formats.
Funding for each grant is at the discretion of a quorum of council members. Applicants should understand that the council members will make every effort to provide funding to every worthy application, but not necessarily at the full amount requested by the applicant.
Beginning in FY 2019, the Pittsfield Cultural council agreed to participate in the Reimbursement to Grant Program which was launched by MCC in FY 2018. As in the previous cycle, in FY 2023, approved grantees will receive their funding up front and not on a reimbursement basis.
Please mail all reimbursement requests to:
Pittsfield Cultural Council
PO Box 1192
Pittsfield, MA 01202-1192
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY24 Funding List
Name | Project Title | Amount |
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Arts in Recovery for Youth | Arts in Recovery for Youth | $2,000 | Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. | Creative Drawing Workshop | $2,500 | Barrington Stage Company, Inc. | Playwright Mentoring Project | $2,000 | Beehive Media LLC | Bearing Witness: Stories of Resilience | $2,000 | Berkshire Concert Choir, Inc. | The Sounds of Music | $2,500 | Berkshire County Historical Society, Inc. | The Photography of Arthur Palme | $1,500 | Berkshire Pulse, Inc. | In-School Funbox Breaking Program for Elementary Students in Pittsfield Public Schools | $2,500 | Berkshires Jazz, Inc. | 10 by Duke: a 10x10 Celebration of Duke Ellington | $2,000 | Bruno, Roger | A Celebration of Song - The Great American Songbook and Beyond | $650 | Dworkin, Motoko | Japanese Folktales & Origami for Families | $550 | Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc. | NightWood | $1,500 | Flying Cloud Institute, Inc. | Girls Science Club: Closing the Gender Gap | $2,000 | Greenagers, Inc. | Greenagers Education and Stewardship | $2,000 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Jacob’s Pillow On The Road | $1,500 | Kachulis, Nick | Life with Bill: A New Model for Aging. | $600 | Kellogg, Mollie | An Incognito Witch Staged-Reading and Musical Event | $1,000 | Kids 4 Harmony | Kids 4 Harmony | $2,500 | Let it Shine! Public Art Partnership | Let it Shine Public Art Partnership | $3,090 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! | $600 | Maichack, Mary Jo D. | This-a-Way Mezudio! World Folksong/Dances for Kids | $598 | Maloney, Scott | I AM ... | $300 | Mandel, Bruce | In His Own Write: Singer Songwriter Bruce Mandel | $500 | Nutshell Playhouse, Inc. | Nutshell Playhouse at the Berkshire Athenaeum and Kidzone | $800 | Rebel Town Productions | Rebel Town: The Boston Tea Party Musical | $3,000 | Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc. | The Colors of Kings/ Los Colores De Los Reyes | $2,500 | Second Street Second Chances, Inc. | Using Our Outside Voices | $3,229 | Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | 2024 Fall Festival of Shakespeare | $2,500 | Stationery Factory Events, LLC | Calliope Cafe and Indie Night | $4,000 | Stockwell, Bernadette | Pittsfield: Do Your ARt! | $350 | The Downtown Pittsfield Cultural Association, Inc. | First Fridays Artswalk | $2,000 | The Eagles Band, Inc. | Eagles Band Colonial Theatre Free Annual Concert | $3,000 | The Stockbridge Sinfonia, Inc. | The Stockbridge Sinfonia: Intergenerational Community Orchestra of the Berkshires | $2,000 | Truss III, Tom | ReWritten | $2,500 | Tupper, Lara | Scarlet Letters: Writing Prompts from Authors of the Berkshires | $350 | World and Eye Arts Center, Inc. | Mujeres Moviendo Montañas | $1,500 |