ARTIST RESOURCES | dunamis-boston

The Resource Roundup is a compilation of opportunities, jobs, grants, workshops, and more for artists in the Greater Boston Area. If you would like to submit something to this list, email info@dunamisboston.org with a description and web link for your listing.

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NEFA Jobs and Opportunities Board
- Check out this helpful list compiled by Jeffrey Lyons Filiault at NEFA of upcoming jobs and opportunities!
ICA Studio Programs Assistant
- The Studio Programs Assistants (SPAs) will work within the Education department as needed to support and implement public studio programs and events. SPAs will prepare and facilitate workshops, activities, and events at the ICA, such as the ICA’s Play Date program for youth and families.
- Learn more and apply here!
MIT Open Space Programming Positions
- Operations and Event Manager: Oversees staffing, operations, and event bookings for the MIT Welcome Center, ensuring smooth daily operations and improved visitor experiences. Responsibilities include coordinating desk staffing, managing AV systems, handling facility issues, and leading event logistics and follow-ups. Learn more and apply here!
- Program Associate: Assists in planning and coordinating events by managing setup, staffing, and breakdown, as well as handling administrative tasks and inventory. Responsibilities include creating signage, supporting event paperwork, coordinating access, and providing backup for the Welcome Center. Learn more and apply here!

Upcoming Artist Grants and Opportunities
- Check out this helpful list of upcoming grants. List put together by Mass Cultural Council.
Resist! Rapid Response Grants
- Resist offers $1,000 Rapid Response grants to better meet the needs of frontline groups and organizations. This grant is decided on by Resist staff and generally has a one week turn around.
- Learn more and apply here!
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. To meet artists’ last-minute needs in a timely manner, FCA’s Emergency Grants panel meets monthly to review requests.Each month FCA receives an average of 95 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 12-18 grants. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is now $1,900.
- Applications are rolling. Learn more and apply here!
The Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation
- BJFF primarily provides funds to support education, art, and outreach programs and projects. In general, the foundation desires to support specific activities that result in a defined outcome rather than general operating funds or fundraising campaigns. Funding requests between $1,000 and $10,000 will receive greater consideration.
- Deadline is rolling. Learn more and apply here!
Music Drives Us
- Music Drives Us strives to accomplish its mission to inspire New England’s musicians of tomorrow by supporting their music opportunities today by offering Instrument, Performance, and Organizational grants.
- Deadlines on each of these grants are rolling. Learn more and apply here!
The Children's Theatre Foundation of America
- Supports and challenges theatre artists to achieve excellence in service to young people. Because our audiences are primarily made up of young people, school groups, and families, CTFA embraces the opportunity to show leadership in dismantling institutional and structural racism.
- Deadline to apply is September 12. Learn more and apply here!
Artadia Awards
- The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to visual artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.
- Deadline to apply is September 15. Learn more and apply here!
Neighborhood and Downtown Activation Grant
- This fund is open to individuals, nonprofit organizations, collectives, fiscally sponsored groups, and businesses working with and alongside community partners to implement creative activations of various scales in Boston, with a priority for projects that center communities who have been impacted by long-standing systemic inequities.
- Deadline to apply is September 23. Learn more and apply here!
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
- The Foundation aims to support organizations and programs for which a relatively small amount of funding might make a large difference. The Foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs.
- Deadline to apply is November 10. Learn more and apply here!

Publicize Your Event!
- Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism hosts a statewide calendar and invites cultural organizations to contribute their events. Browse events and/or submit your own here!
Mass MoCA Ongoing Programming
- Looking for a trip out of the city and a chance to experience some incredible art and live performances? Check out Mass MoCA's upcoming programming here!
Free Latin Music Concerts Continue in August at Emerson College's UnCommon Stage!
- Catch free Latin music concerts at Emerson College's UnCommon Stage on Boston Common every Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. until November! Enjoy vibrant performances in this welcoming community space.
- Programming is every Saturday through October. Learn more here!
Family and Friends Living Healthy Walking Group
- FFLH is currently in their 10th season walking. They began on Saturday June 1st and end Saturday September 28th. They meet at the Franklin Park Golf Course-Clubhouse located on 1 Circuit Dr, Dorchester, MA at 9:00AM and walking starts at 9:15 AM. This is a great way for people to get fit and build connections with others in the Greater Boston area.
- Learn more here!
ArrowFest
- Arrow Street Arts presents two weeks of exciting arts programming from September 5-15, starting with 3 performances of "Don't Open This" by Liars and Believers, and there are some amazing performances and Songwriters Showcases (dance, drag, puppet slam).
- Check out the full performance roster here!
Massachusetts Bail Fund 11th Anniversary Fundraiser
- For over a decade, the Massachusetts Bail Fund has been paying bail to secure pre-trial release for criminalized communities as well as advocating for pre-trial justice. Come celebrate our 11 Anniversary at the Loring Greenough House with a night filled with music, food, and good vibes. Come and mingle with fellow supporters, volunteers, and staff as we reflect on the incredible work we've done over the past 11 years.
- Event is September 7. Learn more and get tickets here!
Frente Cumbiero at Croma
- Join us for an unforgettable night with FRENTE CUMBIERO! With a long and successful career, FRENTE CUMBIERO has become one of the most prominent representatives in exploring cumbia's sonic identity in Latin America. Let's dance with this spearhead of Colombia's new cumbia movement.
- Event is September 7. Learn more and get tickets here!
Open Streets Boston
- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
  - East Boston
  - Between: Meridian St. from Maverick to Porter & Bennington St. from Porter to Day Square
- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2024
  - Allston/Brighton
  - Between: Harvard Ave. and Brighton Ave. from Cambridge to Comm Ave.
- Learn more about Open Streets here!
Gems & Jewels: Solar Return Open Mic
- Event is September 5. Learn more and sign up here!
PJ SIN SUELA
- PJ Sin Suela, the charismatic Puerto Rican rapper, activist, and doctor, presents his new production, “Toda temporada tiene su encanto” (Every Age Has Its Charm), on a tour of the United States. PJ arrives in Boston with the energy and spectacular creativity that characterize his performances, presenting new songs and the hits that have propelled his artistic career.
- Event is September 13. Get your tickets here!
Fabiola Méndez Quartet
- Fabiola Méndez and her band present new and original music from her latest release Flora Campesina, merging the sounds of Puerto Rican folklore with story-telling lyrics, upbeat grooves and contemporary sounds.
- Event is September 28. Learn more here!

Upcoming Artist Opportunities
- Check out this helpful list of calls for artists. List put together by Mass Cultural Council.
A4A Space Finder
- This resource points Massachusetts artists toward various resources that can help them secure affordable rental housing or homebuying opportunities, and affordable workspace. Check it out here!
Card to Culture
- Card to Culture provides EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders free or steeply discounted admission to a variety of arts, humanities, and science organizations across the Commonwealth.
- Learn more and register here!
NEFA Jobs and Opportunities Board
- Check out this helpful list compiled by Jeffrey Lyons Filiault at NEFA of upcoming jobs and opportunities!
Company One Theatre's Co-Lab
- This year's Co-Lab is designed to help local early career playwrights, dramaturgs, designers, and directors hone their craft. Participants will join a cohort of civically-engaged, antiracist peers led by C1's Resident Playwright Kirsten Greenidge. The cohort will meet monthly in-person to dream, write, devise, rewrite, and develop pieces created both collaboratively and individually, culminating in an in-person showcase in June 2025.
- Learn more and fill out the interest form here!
The Advocacy & Organizing Fellowship
- A year-long stipended leadership development cohort for artivists, creative workers, and emerging cultural leaders to sharpen their community organizing capacity and grow their advocacy skills for a more equitable and inclusive creative sector.
- Deadline to apply is September 23. Learn more and apply here!
The Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship
- This program is designed to accelerate the careers and practice of a diverse group of artists and creative solopreneurs. CEF is a customized professional development experience for 8-10 individuals who are selected through a competitive application process.
- Deadline to apply is October 4. Learn more and apply here!
Studios at Mass MoCA
- We welcome applications from artists at all career stages, income levels, and geographic locations. We primarily seek applications from visual artists (painters, sculptors, installation artists, photographers, video/new media artists, fiber artists, printmakers, etc.) and writers in all literary disciplines.
- Applications are due October 8. Learn more and apply here!

LCC Grant Application Workshop
- The Somerville Arts Council Board is offering several work sessions to prepare people for the Local Cultural Council (LCC) application process. These LCC Work Sessions are 2 hours long, and designed to jumpstart artists and educators to polish their ideas for the LCC Grant 2025 season, ahead of the October 2024 deadline. They are free and open to the public! Learn more here.
Assets for Artists Free Workshops
- Check out A4A’s upcoming free professional development workshops here!
- For workshops in Spanish click here! Talleres en español aquí!
New Bedford Creative Peer-to-Peer Sessions (English) and Arte Entre Amigos (Spanish)
- These are geared to enrich, educate, and connect creatives within our community. Workshops run April 23-October 15. Learn more and register here!
Nonprofit Incorporation Seminar
- All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. In this online classroom (using the Zoom platform) we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing your questions.
- Workshop is September 9. Learn more and register here!
Get on Board!
- Led by Jim Grace, Get on Board! will prepare you for the rewarding experience of volunteerism, nonprofit leadership, and board participation. You’ll learn about the different types and structures of boards as well as the roles, responsibilities, and legal obligations of nonprofit board members. This half-day seminar will also provide you with tools to find the organization that best fits your skills and passions.
- Workshop is September 20. Learn more and register here!
WHAT’S MY WELLNESS PLAN? STARTING THE PROCESS TO HEALTHIER HABITS
- Hands-on exercises, self-assessments, and group conversation will guide participants of this in-person workshop through the process of building healthy habits with a focus on reducing stress and anxiety.Open to artists of all identities and disciplines and centering the experiences of artists of color. This is a live, in-person workshop and will not be recorded. 15 participants max.
- Workshop is September 21. Learn more and register here!

Support Operation Olive Branch Mutual Aid
- Operation Olive Branch is a grassroots effort to amplify and support oppressed and occupied peoples on the quest to Collective Liberation in Palestine, Congo, Sudan, and beyond.
- Click here to access their spreadsheet of calls to action, mutual aid requests, and more.
Learn about Massachusetts policy and arts advocacy initiatives
- MASSCreative advances the advocacy learning, cross-sector alliances and organizing efforts necessary for a more equitable and inclusive arts, cultural and creative sector for all in Massachusetts. Read updates on the work they are doing here!

Dunamis is thrilled to partner with The Boston Compass to collaboratively highlight the amazing things happening in arts and culture in the Boston Area. Enjoy this free events calendar curated by Boston Compass!

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