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Boston Cultural Council approves 2021 grants for artists, organizations

Tanisha Bhat February 24, 2021
This year’s funding is composed of around $489,000 in grants from the council’s annual budget, leaving just under $7,000 available for later use. Applicants included local writing contest Boston in 100 Words, City Ballet of Boston and Chinatown’s Pao Arts Center.

Free music festival highlighting marginalized artists is coming to Boston

Armand Manoukian February 15, 2018

The Boston Arts and Music Soul Festival, meant to provide equal access to music and the arts, will be coming to Boston in late June. Catherine Morris, the founder, curator and executive director of...

More than $470,000 given in grants to 181 arts initiatives

Qinyuan Xie February 6, 2018

More than $470,000 in grants this year will be given to Boston arts initiatives thanks to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Boston and Massachusetts cultural councils....

BU alumni and faculty among winners of Boston’s first Artist Fellowship Awards

Kiran Galani February 5, 2018

Two Boston University alumni and a current BU professor were three out of the five $10,000 grants for the city’s inaugural Artist Fellowship Awards, awarded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture...

The Boston Cultural Council, which provides grants to projects and museums in Greater Boston, is accepting applications for the 2018 organizational funding cycle. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Cultural Council opens applications for arts funding

Breanne Kovatch September 6, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday the Boston Cultural Council opened applications for the 2018 grant cycle, with over $400,000 in funding set to be released in 2018, according to a press...

In October, the Boston Ballet performs “Le Corsaire”. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh recently announced that 173 art organizations, including the Boston Ballet, will receive grants from the Boston Cultural Council to help arts flourish in the community. DFP FILE PHOTO SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Cultural Council awards grant money to local art, cultural organizations

Breanne Kovatch February 16, 2017

The Boston Cultural Council awarded more than $450,000 to 173 local organizations and projects this year, according to a press release issued Friday by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh. The BCC, a council...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks to Boston citizens in Symphony Hall at the State of the City Address last January. He recently received the 2017 Public Leadership in the Arts Award. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Mayor Walsh receives award for leadership in the arts

Jacqueline Contreras January 25, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh received the 2017 Public Leadership in the Arts Award Thursday morning at the United States Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., according to a press release...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Monday that 137 organizations and institutions supporting arts and culture in Boston, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, were awarded $303,476 by the Boston Cultural Council. PHOTO BY KYRA LOUIE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh announces funding for Boston Cultural Council grant winners

Chris Fergus March 4, 2015

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Monday that the Boston Cultural Council awarded $303,476 to 137 local organizations supporting arts and culture. The BCC works in conjunction with the Mayor’s Office...

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