LCC FY22

The Arts Council received 87 applications for a total of $117,515 in requested funding. Grants were awarded in the following categories: Dance, Literature, Media Arts, Multidisciplinary Arts, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts. The Northampton Arts Council awarded $20,000 in total to:

  • Center for Design Engagement, Inc.; $2,000.00 for REAL Talk: Stories of Race, Racism & Anti-Racism in Northampton Public Schools

  • Ezzell Floranina; $750.00 for A Celebration of Brilliants in Plain Sight: 22nd Anniversary Gala and Inclusion Festival

  • Roger L. Tincknell; $400.00 for Children's Songs and Singing Games Family Concert

  • Northampton Playwrights Lab; $1,000.00 for 2022 Play by Play Festival

  • Diana R. Alvarez; $800.00 for Quiero Volver: A Xicanx Ritual Opera

  • Northampton High School; $1,000.00 for Northampton High School Production of Mama Mia

  • Valley Arts Mentors; $500.00 for Virtual Mentorship Program and Webinar Series

  • The Performance Project, Inc.; $1,600.00 for First Generation Northampton Performance Residency

  • Authors and Artists Festival; $250.00 for Authors and Artists Festival

  • Grow Food Northampton, Inc.; $1,000.00 for Grow Food Northampton Tuesday Market Music

  • Starlight's Youth Theatre, Inc.; $300.00 for Fight for the Right and Laramie Project

  • Mollie Hartford; $800.00 for Learning Leaps: What We Learned During Pandemic Life

  • Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program, Inc.; $300.00 for Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program Summer Workshop

  • Jenny Podel; $800.00 for Latin Dance Guest Instructors and artists

  • Florence Poetry Carnival; $1,000.00 for The Florence Poetry Carnival

  • Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc.; $1,000.00 for Youth Performance Festival 2022

  • Theresa Jenoure; $500.00 for Terry Jenoure

  • Pamela Means; $800.00 for Pamela Means Presents The Power of the Protest Song: Our Shared History & Present Day Struggles

  • Northampton Parents Center, Inc.; $900.00 for Weekly Drop-In Music Classes for Families with Young Children

  • VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson, Inc.; $800.00 for Art with Heart

  • Valley Light Opera, Inc.; $250.00 for Die Fledermaus

  • Meg Bandarra; $250.00 for Beyond The Pavement

  • Happier Valley Comedy, Inc.; $250.00 for Reading Is Uproarious Family Improv Show

  • World and Eye Arts Center, Inc.; $250.00 for Paper, String, Revolt

  • Resilient Community Arts; $500.00 for Afterschool Teen Studio - Arts Enrichment Support

  • Kate O'Connor; $250.00 for Climate Healing Chorus concert

  • Ramiro Davaro-Comas; $250.00 for Spray Paint Workshop, Guest lecture/Documentary showing

  • Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School; for $500.00 for The Viking Runestone

  • The Valley Winds, Inc.; $250.00 for Valley Winds Mentorship

  • Northampton Senior Services/Senior Center; $250.00 for Honoring Northampton

  • Megan Allen; $500.00 for Math at Play: The Intersection of Art and Math in our Community