LCC FY25
The award of 31 grants totaling $24,451 in support of art projects and programming in Northampton. The Massachusetts Cultural Council's Local Cultural Council (LCC) program allocated funds to the city.
The LCC FY25 Grant Recipients are:
Self-Evident Education, Inc.
The Power of Truths Arts & Education Festival
$1,130
Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity
Ayres, Wylder
The Queer Story Slam
$1,110
Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity
Back Porch Productions, LLC
Back Porch Festival
$1,100
Various venues in downtown Northampton
Valley Arts Mentors
Mentorship Program & Webinar Series
$355
Online
Francis, Indë
Mirror, Mirror
$765
Parlor Room
Northampton Jazz Festival, Inc.
Northampton Jazz Festival
$810
downtown Northampton multiple venues
Quinn-Vasic, Paige
Noho Art Club
$800
Northampton Center for the Arts, The Roost Northampton
Mothers Institute for Collaboration and Art
MICAfest: Mothers in Contemporary Art
$1,070
Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley
Northampton Center for the Arts, Inc.
2025 Youth Performance Festival
$795
Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley and Make It Springfield, 286 Bridge St
Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd.
ETERNAL
$1,060
A.P.E.'s rear garage door, near Armory Street parking lot
King, Matthew
Global Groove Festival
$1,050
Northampton Center for the Arts
Translate Gender, Inc.
CoACT Community Theatre for BIPOC Youth
$1,050
Northampton & surrounding areas
The Northampton Academy of Music, Inc.
Academy Regional Poetry Slam
$1,045
Academy of Music Theatre, 274 Main Street, Northampton, MA
Striving For All
Art Therapy for Foster Children
$1,045
33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA 01060
Allis, Sunny
There's Nothing Wrong With Love
$780
Northampton Center for the Arts
Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity, Inc.
Tell Her This Live!
$515
BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity
Krosoczka, Gina
Northampton Youth Arts & Lit Fest
$995
Northampton Center for the Arts
Chinese Association of Western Massachusetts, Inc.
Chinese Lantern Festival and New Year Celebration
$765
Northampton Smith Vocational School ( tentative location)
Ferguson, Carrie
Queer Kids Fest 2025 - Author Presentations
$1,020
Northampton Center for the Arts
Northampton Parents Center, Inc.
Weekly Drop-In Music Classes for Families with Young Children
$1,015
Northampton Parents Center (lower level Edwards Church)
Gately, Sara
Access to the Arts
$250
Northampton Senior Center
Pedraza, Kit
Queer Curiosities
$400
Northampton MA
Chapman, Anna
[RE]tangle:GATHER
$1,001
A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton
Smith, Ronald
Saturday Jazz Workshop Jam Sessions
$750
Iron Horse - 18 Center Street, Northampton, MA.
Valley Light Opera, Inc.
Production of H.M.S. Pinafore
$500
Academy of Music, Northampton
Bettagere Nagendra Prasad, Pranav Swaroop
Project SARANG - Colors of South Asian Music
$500
Northampton Public Library
Play Incubation Collective, Inc.
PIC PIPS 2025
$700
The Workroom, 33 Hawley St
Queer Joy Collaborative
Creating the Joyful Kids Chorus
$425
Northampton Center for the Arts with option to attend virtually through Google Meet.
Manselle, Jafar
“West African Drumming Workshop - Come Out to Play”
$250
Coolidge Museum, Northampton
Grow Food Northampton, Inc.
Grow Food Northampton Farmers Markets Music
$900
Tuesday Market (Plaza behind Thornes Marketplace) and Winter Market (Northampton Senior Center)
Westwater Weekes, Naomi
Reclaiming Folk
$500
Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton MA 01060