The Capacity Grant (formerly the Working Capital Grant) is a capacity-building and sustainability initiative for artists who currently live or have studio space in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties in Massachusetts.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
State: Massachusetts
County: Franklin County (MA), Hampshire County (MA) and Hampden County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000
Details:
The Capacity Grant (formerly the Working Capital Grant) is a capacity-building and sustainability initiative for artists who currently live or have studio space in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties in Massachusetts.
Preference will be given to:
- Artists who identify as black, indigenous, or a person of color.
- Artists working in rural communities.
- Artists who utilize a socially-engaged practice and/or whose art engages community.
This program promotes equal opportunity and seeks diversity in its applicants and participants. Those who have never received an artist grant are especially encouraged to apply.
Funding Information
The program pairs a $2,000 grant with coaching, workshops, and artist community-building. The Capacity Grant program has been designed so that each artist determines what they need from a broad array of opportunities, which means that each artist’s path through the program will look a little different. After being accepted into the program, grantees complete a brief onboarding call to learn more about the resources available to them. This also gives our team a chance to learn more about you and your creative goals.
When selected for the program, artists will:
- Receive a $2,000 grant.
- Have the opportunity to take part in an interactive 4-hour in-person workshop, “Making a Plan in a Time of
- Uncertainty” with Laura Baring-Gould. In this workshop, participants will develop the building blocks for a simple plan toward achieving their personal, creative goals.
- Have the option of a 1-hour individual professional coaching session on a topic of their choice with an artist-expert of their choice.
- Be invited to spend a day at MASS MoCA with other artists from the cohort.
- Receive optional business plan writing resources.
- Receive priority sign-up for Assets for Artists’ other free online workshops.
- Receive a monthly invitation to an online or in-person meet up with fellow artists.
Eligible Applicants
- Eligible applicants are artists aged 18+ of any discipline (painters, sculptors, installation artists, new media artists, craft artisans, designers, filmmakers, photographers, performers, writers, musicians, thespians, dancers, etc.) who live OR have a studio address in Franklin, Hampshire, or Hampden counties.
- These funds are intended to support individual artists only (the Community Foundation has other funding opportunities that support nonprofits).
For more information, visit CFWM.
