Artist Impact Coalition Announces Rapid Response
Working Capital Grants
20 ARTISTS / $1,000 EACH
In response to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the cultural sector and artists in specific, the North Adams Artist Impact Coalition announced it will award 20 grants of $1,000 to artists who live or make work in the city of North Adams, MA.
The North Adams Rapid Response Artist Working Capital Grant Program is a fast-tracked financial wellness and sustainability initiative for artists that pairs working capital mini-grants with one-on-one coaching, peer support, and online financial and business resiliency webinars specifically focused on navigating a post-COVID cultural sector landscape. Grantees will also have at their disposal the collective brain power of the Artist Impact Coalition’s founding members. Selected artists must complete a strategic plan for the funds as it relates to the business goals of their creative practice and must participate in a 1-on-1 business coaching session in order to receive their funds. If a selected artist completes these requirements in a timely manner, they can expect to receive their mini-grant funds in as little as a month from being selected into the program.
Application deadline: 11:59 PM April 27, 2020
WHAT IS THE NORTH ADAMS ARTIST IMPACT COALITION?
The North Adams Artist Impact Coalition is a group of community arts organizers who care about making North Adams an amazing place for artists to live and work. We’re the folks who organize the North Berkshire Artist Meet-ups, monthly artist e-blasts, the North Adams Artist Census, NAMA Swap-o-Rama, Rapid Response Working Capital Grants, and more to come. Organizations, galleries, initiatives and individuals who are involved include: MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center; the City of North Adams, Common Folk, Installation Space, Walkaway House, and several independent practicing area artists. Follow us on IG @artist_impact_coalition.
This is a program of the North Adams Artist Impact Coalition and its member organizations. Through grants with our partner organizations, this Rapid Response Artist Working Capital Grant, and the support services that go along with it, are supported by the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation, and the US Department of Agriculture.