Cultural Council Accepting Proposals until October 16

Organizations, Schools, and Individuals Encouraged to Apply

Pelham CC seeking proposals for community-oriented arts, humanities, and science programs due October 16, 2024.

The Pelham Cultural Council has set an October 16 deadline for organizations, schools, and individuals to apply for grants that support cultural activities in the community. Council co-chairs Tony Maroulis and John Page share that these grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Pelham or the Amherst-Pelham public schools -- including exhibits, festivals, field trips, short-term artist residencies, or performances in schools, workshops, and lectures.

This year, the Pelham Cultural Council will distribute about $7,500 in direct-funding grants.

Previously funded projects and performers include:

• a summer youth theater program, an engineering and tinkering workshop for kids, support for a local ballet studio, a multimedia, multilocation community art and place-making celebration called Picturing Pelham.

Funding priorities for this year include:

• arts programs and projects serving residents of Pelham and (K-12) students and their families in the Pelham and Amherst Regional Public School System, projects celebrating Pelham’s history, culture, and environment, programs featuring Pelham visual and performing artists, writers, musicians, scientists, historians, or other subject area experts, programs which feature global perspectives

The Pelham Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. The LCC Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community[1]based projects in the arts, sciences, and humanities every year. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.

For questions or additional information about the Pelham Cultural Council, contact John Page at pelhamculture@gmail.com.

Application forms and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available online at www.massculturalcouncil.org