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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NEFA Jobs and Opportunities Board
- Check out this helpful list of upcoming jobs and opportunities!
Community Engagement Teacher
- Abilities Dance is looking for teachers to go on location to one or more sites and teach students within the given age ranges and time frames adaptive dance rooted in ballet, but can expand to other genres as consistent with the teacher’s own practice.
- Learn more and apply here!
Understudy Dancer
- Abilities Dance is seeking understudy dancers for our next Firebird Part 2 ballet. These dancers will understudy for core dancers and perform in an ensemble piece for our September 18 - 20, 2026 performances.
- 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.
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!
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!
New England States Touring (NEST) Grant
New England Dance Fund
- Through the New England Dance Fund, NEFA will award grants between $1,500 and $2,500 directly to choreographers who identify and articulate an important opportunity that will significantly impact aspects of their dance making or advance their role within the regional New England dance landscape.
- Deadline to apply is September 28. 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!
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!
Uncommon Corner Weekly Free Performances
- - Check out the full schedule of Uncommon Corner performances, which feature weekly programming for audiences of all ages!
  - Check out the full schedule here
Opening Receptions at City Hall Galleries
- Boston Urban Wilds | July 30, 2026 | 5 - 7 p.m. Learn more 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!
Song in My Heart: A Joyful Celebration of Music and Family
- Join local musicians Stephanie Mckay, Jacques Schwarz-bart, and Ezra Schwarz-bart as they fuse their musical styles for an evening of folk, jazz and soul!
- Event is July 25. Learn more and get tickets here!
A New Era
- Journeying across a divided America, seven formidable women gather right here in Boston for an unprecedented opportunity to birth a national movement. When freedom is fragile and Black Lives are at stake, can they get in formation, organize a unified coalition, and ensure a more just future? The year might be 1895, but the fight is still very much our own.
- Event runs through August 8. Learn more and get tickets here!
The Unbirthday Party
- CALLING ALL CREATIVE WEIRDOS! The Arlington Film Festival has fallen down the rabbit hole, and has emerged as the Finding Bright Film Festival! Join us as we ring in FBFF’s very first Unbirthday Party. Come celebrate with us as we squeeze and expand into a magical, handmade world of wonder.
- Event is August 8. Learn more and get tickets here!
Films at the Gate
- Films at the Gate (FATG) will be celebrating 20 years of bringing together neighbors of all backgrounds and ages to revive the spirit of families enjoying kung fu films at Chinatown’s former movie theaters!
- Event is August 14-16. Details coming!
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!
Films at the Gate
- Films at the Gate is Asian Community Development Corporation's (ACDC) annual outdoor film festival in Chin Park, celebrating the Chinatown community. This year, it is taking place from Friday to Sunday (August 14th - August 16th).
- Apply to perform here by July 27th!
- Apply to volunteer by July 27th!

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
- "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!

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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