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 emalecki@dunamisboston.org with a description and web link for your listing.

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Upcoming Artist Grants and Opportunities
- Check out this helpful list of upcoming grants. List put together by Mass Cultural Council.
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!
Emergency Relief Grants
- CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster.
- Deadline is rolling. Learn more here!
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
- You do not need to submit a project proposal with your application. If selected, you will receive US$10,000 from the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund.
- Deadline is rolling. Learn more and apply here!
The Awesome Foundation
- The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time.
- Deadline is rolling, 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 Open Studios Fall 2025
- Check out these open studios in Massachusetts this August through December!
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!
My Home on the Moon presented by CHUANG Stage
- From the windows of a run-down pho restaurant, Mai watches her neighborhood get gentrified, storefront by storefront. Just as the restaurant is doomed to close, a mysterious tech consultant arrives, helping Mai put the noodle shop on a path to glory. But as Mai discovers the truth of this delectable new reality, she is taken on an unexpected adventure full of Vietnamese cuisine, love, and corrupt technology.
- Show runs May 23-June 13. Learn more and get tickets here!
Queer Figure Drawing + Pop-Up Art Exhibit
- Join the New Art Center for a welcoming evening of figure drawing celebrating queer and diverse bodies and identities. Two models will pose for a series of short and extended poses, offering participants the opportunity to explore gesture, form, and expression through live drawing. Artists of all experience levels are welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchbook and drawing materials, though a selection of supplies will also be available for experimentation.
- Event is June 17. Learn more and get tickets here!
Creative Process Exhibition 2026 Opening Reception
- The New Art Center proudly presents Creative Process, a community-wide exhibition celebrating artistic growth, learning, and discovery. Featuring artwork created between September 2024 and June 2026, the exhibition showcases the diverse voices and evolving talents of New Art students and faculty.
- Event is June 18. Learn more and RSVP here!
Abilities Dance Boston presents: Firebird Part 2
- Abilities Dance Boston is thrilled to present Vel'Fyra: Firebird Part 2. This is a continuation from a completely reimagined Firebird ballet that premiered May 2021. This ballet has been written and choreographed by Founder/Executive and Artistic DIrector Ellice Patterson with a completely original score by Music & Operations Director Andrew Choe.
- Event is June 19. Learn more and get tickets here!
Concerts in the Common
- Taking place on Wednesdays, each month at the Brighton Farmers Market. This summer's lineup includes two acts every night and features big brass bands, folk, soca dancers, Latin jazz and acapella!
- Performances take place between June 17-October 21. Learn more here!
ARTDACITY “Check Ya Self” with DJ Jazzy Jeff & Dr. Charmain Jackman
- Check Ya Self: Centering Wellness, Advocacy, and Self Care as a Creative is a dynamic conversation exploring the rising need for health advocacy across the entertainment and creative industries.
- Event is June 26. Learn more and get tickets here!
MOMENTUM
- MOMENTUM is a series of free and paid citywide events that lifts up Greater Boston’s Creative Economy over five days. Through partnership and collaboration, MOMENTUM celebrates unapologetic dopeness, creativity, and joy across culture, arts, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and social impact.
- Event is June 24-28. Learn more here!
Opening Receptions at City Hall Galleries
- Elegy to the Underground: June 25, 2026 | 5 - 7 p.m. Learn more here!
- Boston Urban Wilds | July 30, 2026 | 5 - 7 p.m. Learn more here!
Roxbury Poetry Festival
- Join us for a celebration of poetry organized by former Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola, featuring workshops, a keynote address from Jamaica's Poet Laureate, and a slam poetry competition where the winner will receive a publishing deal with Button Poetry.
- Event is June 27. Learn more here!
BAMS Festival: Play Playe Edition
- Taking place inside the historic Franklin Park Playstead Field, BAMS Festival: Play Playe Edition is the ultimate community recess for Boston’s neighborhoods, creatives, and families. Think board, card, and hand games, team challenges, and high-energy competitions for all ages.
- Event is June 27. Learn more and RSVP here!
FIGMENT Boston
- FIGMENT is a free, participatory arts festival that invites people of all ages to play, engage, and make. This event blurs the line between creator and audience, artist and non-artist. Everything that you see at FIGMENT is born from a simple desire to share imagination with each other and the community.
- Event is July 25. Learn more and RSVP here!
Jamaica Plain Porchfest
- Jamaica Plain Porchfest is a community-run festival with an expansive understanding and appreciation of the arts. Each year, the festival offers a wide array of performances that include music, storytelling, dance, and more. Taking place on porches, green spaces, and community hubs within the neighborhood, the festival also provides an exploratory spatial experience of Jamaica Plain.
- Event is August 22. 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!
Call for Artists
- Each year, Haymarket People's Fund has showcased art by artists and organizers in the New England region on its calendar and Annual Report. The art has ranged from photos to sculptures, to murals and paintings. The calendar will be distributed all over the country, but mainly in the six New England States, and will showcase the artist's work for one year.
- Deadline to apply is June 26. Learn more and apply here!
Perform at Jamaica Plain Porchfest
- Porchfest creates a space for a diverse community of cultural workers, neighbors, and art enthusiasts to come together – regardless of the categories that aim to keep us separate such as race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Performers of all genres are welcome to join!
- Deadline to apply is June 30. Learn more and sign up 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!
Register for Classes as the Eliot School
- Sign up for classic classes like Turkish Paper Marbling, Monotype Printing, Spoon Carving, and more!
- Register for classes here!
Free Workshops with the Arts Action Consortium
- "Grant-Writing" with J Cottle: June 16. Register here!
- "Power of Websites" with Jessica Burko: July 9. Register here!
- "Nonprofit Inc Seminar" with Luke Blackadar: July 14. Register here!
- "Intro to Taxes for Artists" with Akeem Davis: July 16. Register here!
- "Staying Authentic While Marketing Your Work" with Daniel Callahan: August 6. Register here!
- "Art of Licensing" with Allison Cole: August 12. Learn more and register here!
- "Driving Web Traffic That Matters: Using Search, Ads & Analytics to Market Your Work" with Francesca Olsen: August 14. Learn more and register here!
Summer Workshops at Bearnstow
- Summer Strings Retreat with Rob Flax, July 6-12. Learn more and register here!
- Solo/Duo Dancing with Bebe Miller and Angie Hauser, July 19-25. Learn more and register here!
- Writing & Moving & Sounding with Janis Brenner and Claire Porter, July 26-August 1. Learn more and register here!
- Performing the Now with K.J. Holmes and Peter Kyle, August 2-8. Learn more and register here!

Read: How Arts Participation Renews Civic and Community Engagement
- This report examines links between arts participation and broader community engagement. By analyzing statistical data from three nationally representative surveys, the report enlarges public understanding of whether and how taking part in arts events and activities can build social and civic muscle.
- Read here!
Basic Needs Resources
- You cannot make art unless your basic needs are met. Check out the new basic needs resource list on the AAC website for information related to food access, legal help, housing, and medical/wellness needs.
- Click here for the basic needs resource guide!
Arts & Culture Accessibility Hub
- The Arts & Culture Accessibility Hub is your new go-to resource for transforming access intentions into meaningful action. This is a free, easy-to use platform that provides you with the information, tools, training, and resources to strengthen your organization’s accessibility and build deeper connections with your community.
- Check out the Accessibility Hub here!
Know Your Rights
- Whether you’re a U.S. citizen, a green card holder, a student on a visa, or undocumented, you have legal rights. The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition website is full of useful resources. Check out this fact sheet to review your rights!
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.

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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