Today, Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra and the Northampton Arts Council announced the award of 31 grants totaling $20,000 in support of art projects and programming in Northampton. Funds were allocated to the city by the Massachusetts Cultural Councils' Local Cultural Council (LCC) program.
“I am pleased to continue Northampton’s long tradition of support for the arts community,” shared Mayor Sciarra, “I look forward to enjoying, along with our city residents, the outcome of these exciting projects.”
The Arts Council received 87 applications for a total of $117,515 in requested funding. Grants were awarded in the following categories: Dance, Literature, Media Arts, Multidisciplinary Arts, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts.
“I wish we could have funded them all,” said Brian Foote, Executive Director of the Northampton Arts Council. “The caliber of applications this round was extraordinary, which made the process extremely competitive among many worthy projects.”
The LCC FY22 Grant Recipients are:
Center for Design Engagement, Inc.; $2,000.00 for REAL Talk: Stories of Race, Racism & Anti-Racism in Northampton Public Schools
Ezzell Floranina; $750.00 for A Celebration of Brilliants in Plain Sight: 22nd Anniversary Gala and Inclusion Festival
Roger L. Tincknell; $400.00 for Children's Songs and Singing Games Family Concert
Northampton Playwrights Lab; $1,000.00 for 2022 Play by Play Festival
Diana R. Alvarez; $800.00 for Quiero Volver: A Xicanx Ritual Opera
Northampton High School; $1,000.00 for Northampton High School Production of Mama Mia
Valley Arts Mentors; $500.00 for Virtual Mentorship Program and Webinar Series
The Performance Project, Inc.; $1,600.00 for First Generation Northampton Performance Residency
Authors and Artists Festival; $250.00 for Authors and Artists Festival
Grow Food Northampton, Inc.; $1,000.00 for Grow Food Northampton Tuesday Market Music
Grow Food Northampton, Inc.; $1,000.00 for Grow Food Northampton Tuesday Market Music
Starlight's Youth Theatre, Inc.; $300.00 for Fight for the Right and Laramie Project
Mollie Hartford; $800.00 for Learning Leaps: What We Learned During Pandemic Life
Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program, Inc.; $300.00 for Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program Summer Workshop
Jenny Podel; $800.00 for Latin Dance Guest Instructors and artists
Florence Poetry Carnival; $1,000.00 for The Florence Poetry Carnival
Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc.; $1,000.00 for Youth Performance Festival 2022
Theresa Jenoure; $500.00 for Terry Jenoure
Pamela Means; $800.00 for Pamela Means Presents The Power of the Protest Song: Our Shared History & Present Day Struggles
Northampton Parents Center, Inc.; $900.00 for Weekly Drop-In Music Classes for Families with Young Children
VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson, Inc.; $800.00 for Art with Heart
Valley Light Opera, Inc.; $250.00 for Die Fledermaus
Meg Bandarra; $250.00 for Beyond The Pavement
Happier Valley Comedy, Inc.; $250.00 for Reading Is Uproarious Family Improv Show
World and Eye Arts Center, Inc.; $250.00 for Paper, String, Revolt
Resilient Community Arts; $500.00 for Afterschool Teen Studio - Arts Enrichment Support
Kate O'Connor; $250.00 for Climate Healing Chorus concert
Ramiro Davaro-Comas; $250.00 for Spray Paint Workshop, Guest lecture/Documentary showing
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School; for $500.00 for The Viking Runestone
The Valley Winds, Inc.; $250.00 for Valley Winds Mentorship
Northampton Senior Services/Senior Center; $250.00 for Honoring Northampton
Megan Allen; $500.00 for Math at Play: The Intersection of Art and Math in our Community
For more information, contact: Brian Foote, bfoote@northamptonma.gov or at (413) 587-1069.
For more information, contact: Brian Foote, bfoote@northamptonma.gov or at (413) 587-1069.
