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