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Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire

Council Information
LCC Program Guidelines
Council Priorities
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Funding List

Council Information

CCNB regrants funds from the Mass Cultural Council to individuals and organizations for projects in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences. In addition, one or more individual artist is awarded $1,000 each year. Eleven municipalities are represented. These municipalities are: Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, Monroe, Savoy & Williamstown.

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Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire Arthur De Bow PO Box 227 North Adams, MA 01247 413/652-2982

LCC Program Guidelines

In order to apply for an LCC grant, applicants must meet all eligibility and criteria requirements of the LCC Program.

For more detailed information, refer to the full LCC Program Guidelines (PDF).

Council Priorities

Amount Available for Granting in FY 2021

$72,500

ALL APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE

State guidelines for grant applications are located under the "LCC Program Guidelines" tab.

Please scan additional materials such as bios, resumes and letters from hosting venues into a pdf file of up to three pages and attach to the online application. If more than three pages are needed, they can be sent via a link or in a separate email.

If unable to provide your supplemental materials within the application, email using mrm@usa.com. Please indicate on your application that you will be sending it separately, and include your application ID so we can match it to your application. All materials must be received by the deadline.

Videos and/or images can be linked via YouTube or another hosting service, or sent separately.

In addition to meeting the state criteria, the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire requires the following:

If the applicant doesn't reside in one of our 11 towns, the project must take place within one of our towns.

Venue invitation letters are required 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.

Venues should be handicap accessible.

3 - Applications for an individual artist award are invited from individual artists. The award may support any expense that enhances the artist's ability to create his/her work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc. 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.

Please submit the following:

• Cultural Council Application

• Expanded Project Statement, if needed

• Bio

• Resume

• Medium

• Website

• 3-5 images (Title of image, dimensions, medium and date.)

The chosen artist 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 will also be held.

Please check our Facebook page for updates https://www.facebook.com/CulturalCouncilofNorthernBerkshire/

Our mailing address if needed:

Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire
PO Box 227
North Adams, MA 01247

Apply Now

An online application will be available October 1.

Funding List

FY 2020

Name	Project	Project title	Amount
18 Degrees (formerly Berkshire Children and Families)	Arts	Kids 4 Harmony	$1,000
Adams Cheshire Regional School District Parent Teacher Group for HVES	Arts	Arts Enrichment for Hoosac Valley Elementary Schoo	$1,500
Adams Free Library	Arts	Summer Reading Program 2020	$1,000
Adams Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee	Arts	Sheryl Faye Presents Susan B. Anthony—Women’s Righ	$350
Adams-Anthony Center for Political, Economic & Social Discourse, Inc.	Arts	2020 Berkshires' Summer Jazz Camp	$2,000
Adams-Anthony Center for Political, Economic & Social Discourse, Inc.	Arts	Fourth Annual Nashville in the Berkshires	$500
Adams-Anthony Center for Political, Economic & Social Discourse, Inc.	Arts	The Susan B. Anthony Tribute Concert	$1,000
Adams-Anthony Center for Political, Economic & Social Discourse, Inc.	Arts	An Evening of Entertainment	$1,000
Barbara and Eric Rudd Art Foundation d/b/a Berkshire Art Museum	Arts	Free Admission for Berkshire County Residents	$800
Barrington Stage Company	Arts	Playwright Mentoring Project	$800
Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School	Humanities	Creative Leaders in Residence Program	$1,250
Berkshire Dance Theatre	Arts	Funk Week	$1,000
Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival	Arts	Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival	$2,000
Berkshire Music School	Arts	Music Enrichment Programs at Hoosac Valley Middle	$500
Berkshire Pulse	Arts	Math & Drumming	$500
Bernice Lewis,	Arts	10th Annual Ukefest	$1,000
Carole Hilderbrand	Arts	Amelia Earhart performed by Sheryl Faye	$375
Cheshire Community Association	Arts	Town of Cheshire Block Party	$800
Cheshire Library Association	Arts	Community Programs	$1,000
Common Folk Artist Collective,	Arts	Membership Program	$1,000
Cultural Council of Northern Berskshire	Arts	Council Program	$312
Cynthia Grosso	Arts	The Hills are Alive with the Sounds of Ukuleles 20	$1,200
Davis Bates,	Arts	Imagine That: A Summer Reading Celebration	$300
Davis Bates,	Arts	Two Performances for Seniors	$600
Davis Bates,	Arts	Celebrating the Season: A Performance for Seniors	$300
Ed the Wizard (Ed Cope),	Arts	Magic for Seniors	$300
Ed the Wizard (Ed Cope),	Arts	Magic for Seniors	$300
Emma L. Miller Elementary School	Arts	Berkshire Theater Group	$800
Erica Girgenti	Arts	Intergenerational Hand Drumming Session	$500
Friends of the Lanesborough Public Library	Humanities	Cultural Exposure Program	$300
Gregory Maichack,	Arts	Pastel Paint Your Georgia O’Keeffe Miracle Flowers	$510
Greylock Opera Collective	Arts	Don Giovanni	$2,000
Henry Lappen,	Arts	Henry the Juggler Performance	$300
Hilltown Families,	Humanities	Hilltown Families Suggests	$500
Hoosac Valley Middle School Parent Teacher Group	Arts	Arts & Enrichment 2019-2020 Program	$1,500
Hoosic River Watershed Association	Arts	Green River Artworks	$1,000
Images Cinema	Arts	20th Century Women: Women Activists in Cinema	$1,000
IS183 Art School of the Berkshires	Arts	IS183 Art School's Learning Through Arts (LTA) Pro	$1,000
Isabelle Holmes,	Arts	Unsilent Night: Northern Berkshires	$900
Jay Merselis	Arts	Drama at Hancock!	$1,000
John Porcino,	Arts	Imagine Your Story	$300
John Root,	Science	Attracting Birds, Butterflies, Bees, and Other Ben	$200
John Root,	Science	Edible Perennial Gardening and Landscaping	$100
John Root,	Science	Songbirds of the Northeast	$350
John Root,	Arts	A Celebration of Song	$350
Katherine A Oakes,	Arts	Oakes and Smith	$200
Lanesborough Public Library	Humanities	Music Enrichment Program	$900
Laurie Miles,	Arts	Life Force	$650
Lorna Gayle	Arts	6th Annual Intergenerational Theater Party	$720
Mark Chester, photographer; and MIRA Coalition, 501(c)3	Arts	The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape - Photogr	$500
Marney Schorr,	Arts	Arts in Recovery for Youth (AIRY)	$1,000
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation	Arts	Artist Materials Swap	$900
Michael Daunis	Arts	North County Chorale	$2,000
Michael Dilthey,	Arts	Ne Musical - My Way of Life	$300
Native Plant Trust	Science	Plant Communities of Massachusetts	$400
New England Puppet Arts	Arts	2020 Berkshire Lantern Walk	$1,500
North Adams Public Library	Arts	The Storybook by The Puppet Brigade	$300
Northern Berkshire Chorale	Arts	A Baroque Christmas	$600
Nutshell Playhouse	Arts	Nutshell Playhouse at Bascom Lodge	$350
Paula Buxbaum	Arts	Performance and Visual Arts Programming at ROOTS T	$2,000
Peter Traub	Arts	Seniors to the Theatre 2020	$950
Pine Cobble School	Arts	Pine Cobble Collective Sculpture Residency	$800
Raianne Richards,	Arts	Community Concert with the Massachusetts Walking T	$250
Raianne Richards,	Arts	Community Concert with the Massachusetts Walking T	$250
Raianne Richards,	Arts	Community Concert with the Massachusetts Walking T	$250
Robin OHerin,	Arts	The Melting Pot of American Music	$300
Roger Tincknell,	Arts	Old Time Sing-along	$300
Roger Tincknell,	Arts	Halloween, Seasonal Songs, and Sing-alongs	$300
Sarah Clay,	Arts	Pure Imagination	$300
Shakespeare & Company	Arts	2020 Fall Festival of Shakespeare	$2,000
South Williamstown Community Association	Humanities	Celebrating Woman Suffrage	$500
St John's Episcopal Church	Arts	St John's Concert Series	$1,000
St. Luke's Episcopal Church	Arts	Gae Elfenbein Memorial Concert Series	$900
steven henderson,	Arts	Mabel and Jerry - a play	$375
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum	Humanities	In Her Shoes: Understanding Women's Lives Before t	$1,500
Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center	Science	Boreal forest exploration with Youth Center Inc an	$800
The Artist Book Foundation	Arts	Artist Book Donations to Secondary Schools	$1,000
Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc.	Arts	Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 2020 COMMUNITY WOR	$3,000
WilliNet-Community TV for Williamstown	Arts	Media Literacy/Video Production Workshops	$1,400

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