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 of upcoming jobs and opportunities!
Natural History Museum Director of Operations & Finance (remote)
- The Operations & Finance Director is a new, senior role at The Natural History Museum––a traveling 'museum for the movement' dedicated to climate and environmental justice. Created by the nonprofit arts organization Not An Alternative, we produce award-winning arts, media, and activism projects with and for communities across the U.S.
- Learn more and apply here!
Artistic Director, Longy Side-by-Side
- The Artistic Director, Longy Side-by-Side, has a key role in Longy’s Teacher Education department. They will work in close collaboration with the Assistant Director of Teacher Education, and the Side-by-Side faculty and staff. As a Longy staff member, this person will have the opportunity to contribute to the vibrant life of a music school committed to innovation and civic engagement.
- 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!
Mattina R. Proctor Foundation
- The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations primarily in Maine and Massachusetts. Grantmaking focuses on education, including educational opportunities in music, performance, and traditional trades and crafts; the arts, including organizations and initiatives that bring fine music, arts, and media to the people of Maine and Massachusetts, with a special focus on opera; healthcare initiatives; and environmental stewardship. Grants are typically made for a specific project in a single year. Grants up to $50,000.00.
- Applications are rolling. Learn more and apply here!
Strand Theatre Grant
- The City of Boston established a grant to support the production of community-accessible performing arts programming for the City of Boston in the Strand Theatre. It is open to non-profit organizations or individuals. These grants are for all forms of performance expression in dance, music, theatre, film, and video. Grantees are encouraged to expand on a past production or create something completely new.
- Deadline to apply is May 9. Learn more and apply here!
The Native Arts + Cultures Foundation
- NACF is currently accepting applications through the following programs:
  - The SHIFT: Transformative Change and Indigenous Arts program provides two-year, $100,000 awards for up to five Native artists, curators, and collectives to develop innovative, community-driven projects in partnership with organizations. Deadline to apply is April 8.
  - The LIFT: Early Career Support for Native Artists program provides one-year, $15,000 awards for early-career Native artists to develop and realize new projects. Eligible applicants are individual Native artists working in dance and choreography, fiction and poetry writing, film and video, multi-disciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater and screenplay writing, traditional arts, or 2D + 3D visual arts. Awardees for both programs also receive professional development and other supports. Deadline to apply is May 15.
  - Learn more and apply to both opportunities here!
Opportunity Fund
- This grant provides project-based support to Boston-based artists and cultural workers to create and present community-centered arts experiences that expand access to creative expression across all neighborhoods.
- Deadline to apply is May 20. Learn more and apply here!
Arts and Belonging Grants
- Multi-year general operating grants supporting community impact and grassroots organizations dedicated to building belonging through the arts in Cambridge.
- Deadline to apply is June 3. Learn more and apply here!
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
- Grants of up to $2,000 to support public readings and discussions in Massachusetts of the orator’s famous address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
- Deadline to apply is June 6. 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 at Emerson College's UnCommon Corner!
- This May and until October, Ágora Cultural Architects is bringing amazing Latin artists to Emerson College's UnCommon Corner in Boston Common! Enjoy a fantastic lineup of FREE performances showcasing top Latin talent, Saturdays from 1pm to 6pm.
- See the full calendar of performances here!
Are we human, or are we dancers? with Merritt Moore
- Explore the intersection of dance and robotics through an innovative short performance featuring a corps de ballet of robots performing with human dancers. This robot ballet will explore the evolving relationship between technology and human expression.
- Event is May 8. Learn more and get tickets here!
Modern Connections Rep Class Showing
- The Modern Connections Rep Class is a nine-week program opportunity for movers to commit to their dance training and to perform. The showing will include a class demonstration and the presentation of a choreographic phrase. Doors will open at 6:30 pm, the show will start at 7:00 pm, and light refreshments will be served afterward. Don’t miss this evening of connection and community! Tickets are free. Donations are optional and welcome.
- Event is May 10. Learn more and get your tickets here!
Worcester County State of the Arts Convening
- This event is hosted by the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance and Worcester Cultural Coalition, including a presentation on the Worcester County Cultural Asset Inventory, networking, and advocacy conversations with local representatives.
- Event is May 14. Learn more and register here!
Freedom Dreams in America
- The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University welcome you back to The Embrace for another season of public conversations on democracy, justice, memory, and values.
- Event is May 14. Learn more and register here!
Samora Pinderhughes:Films from The Healing Project
- Samora Pinderhughes is a composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist known for examining sociopolitical issues through his art. He cofounded The Healing Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at creating artistic works, collective healing spaces, and advocacy initiatives in partnership with individuals impacted by the carceral system. The Healing Project envisions a world based on healing rather than punishment.
- Event is May 15. Learn more and get tickets here!
The Creative Sector Summit
- An annual convening of cultural thought leaders, artists, creatives, policy advocates, educators, culture bearers, arts administrators, teaching artists, and public officials.Throughout the day, you can expect 16 participatory workshops and cross-sector panel conversations to support your arts activism and community organizing to meet the demands of the moment we are living in.
- Event is June 6. Learn more and register here!
And Freedom's Reign
- Join us at the historic African Meeting House for And Freedom’s Reign, an immersive event honoring the words, legacy, and spirit of Frederick Douglass. Experience the Museum’s *NEW* AI-powered hologram of Douglass in an interactive pre-event, followed by an activity and a special performance by students from Project STEP.
- Event is June 8. Learn more and register here!
Moving in Joy :: Boston Public Triennial
- As part of the Boston Public Art Triennial, a new, multi-city, public art experience from May-October that occurs every three years, COOS presents a free music and dance performance, featuring percussionist Steph Davis and dancer Jenny Oliver, in conversation with sculptor Alison Coney Moses' “The Moment for Joy” installation.
- Event is June 14. Learn more here!
A Little History 2.0
- Join Castle of our Skins for A Little History 2.0—an interactive, family-friendly Juneteenth experience that brings nine moments of Black history to life through poetry, music, and storytelling.
- Event is June 19. Learn more and register here!
Sound Medicine & Mindfulness
- Sound Medicine and Mindfulness is a 45 minute immersive auditory experience. Introducing concepts of meditation and mindfulness, the program guides participants through an introductory guided meditation and sound bath. The session is led by Deshaun Gordon-King, a certified Sound Healer.
- Event is August 10. Learn more and register here!
MassQ Ball
- Castle of our Skins, Daniel Callahan, and The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University are joining forces once again to present MassQ Ball 2025: Color – a large-scale, outdoor celebration of art and culture from Boston's many communities of color. This event will feature a star-studded lineup of musicians, dancers, visual artists and culture bearers, from across the commonwealth representing traditions, cultures and backgrounds from across the globe.
- Event is October 4, 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!
City Hall Galleries Open Call for Art
- The City of Boston invites artists, collectives and arts organizations living, working, or creating in the Greater Boston area to submit proposals for 2D and 3D installations in the Mezzanine Gallery at Boston City Hall.
- Deadline to submit is May 18. Learn more and apply here!
Literary Residency for Children’s & YA Writers at Boston Public Library
- This year-long residency provides an emerging writer with the financial support, editorial assistance, and a private office in the Boston Public Library to complete one literary work for children or young adults. Eligible projects include fiction, nonfiction, scripts, poetry, or graphic novels. Stipend: $70,000.
- Deadline to submit is June 6. Learn more and apply 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!
Arts Action Consortium Upcoming Workshops
- “A Musician’s Guide To Gigs” with Cliff Notez
  - Mondays, June 2 + 9, 2025 | 5 - 7pm
- “Portfolio Power / The Artist Portfolio” with Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez
  - Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 12 - 2pm
- “Quarterly Taxes Don’t Exist!” with Akeem Davis
  - Monday, June 30, 2025 | 1 - 3pm
- Learn more and register for workshops here!
Summer Dance Workshops at Bearnstow
- Workshops at Bearnstow are intimate and rigorous, with ample space for exploration and play. Workshop schedules vary based on the instructor but typically include a morning and afternoon session with lab and recreation time planned in throughout the week. Sessions are held both indoors and outdoors. Classes are small (a max of 14 students) allowing for personal attention from instructors and a strong group dynamic.
- Explore the workshop roster here! Register before April 30 for an early bird discount!

ORGANIZING HUDDLE: NEA GRANT CANCELLATIONS & FEDERAL FY26 BUDGET
- Late Friday night, NEA grant recipients began receiving notifications either rescinding previously awarded grants or terminating existing grants. Join Mass Creative for our third in a series of virtual organizing huddles. We will cover what happened, hold space for information exchange, and actions you can take.
- Event is May 9. Learn more and register here!
- Want to support in other ways? Check out this guide.
Congress is Accepting FY26 Funding Requests
- As Congress is currently accepting funding requests for FY26, Americans for the Arts has released a time sensitive resource guide to help people advocate against funding cuts to federal agencies.
- Learn how to utilize these resources 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.
Call, email, and send letters to elected officials
- Mad about the state of our country? Same. There is strength in numbers, call, state the issues that are important to you, and make your voice heard.
  - Click here for a helpful resource to help contact your legislators.
Urge Congress to Save IMLS and NEH (For museums, staff, and board members)
- We strongly encourage you to call your member of Congress and urge them to support libraries, museums, and historic spaces by protecting the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities from being dismantled.
- Access a script and other info on calling Congress here!
How would you transform vacant space in Downtown Boston?
- Boston is looking for ideas to transform vacant spaces in Downtown Boston into vibrant hubs for creative enterprises. Creatives, entrepreneurs, and cultural space operators are invited to submit proposals that will help revitalize the neighborhood, support economic growth, and create dynamic community spaces.
- Submit your ideas here by May 23!

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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