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Thirty-five projects will receive grants totaling $117,643 from Cambridge Arts and the City of Cambridge’s Local Cultural Council Grants. This grassroots grants program, operated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council across the Commonwealth, supports Cambridge projects including dance, films, music, public art, and theater. They represent the wealth of artistic activity across the city.

The $7,500 grants from Cambridge Arts and the City of Cambridge support projects that present the themes and ongoing work of social justice to the Cambridge public through the arts.;

Cambridge Public Art Commission guides the implementation of the Public Art Ordinance and the Art Gifts and Donation Policy, and to advise on the overall direction of the City of Cambridge’s Public Art Program.

Nine Cambridge cultural organizations have been awarded $81,000 in Organizational Investment Grants by Cambridge Arts and the City of Cambridge. The funding program provides $9,000 grants to each nonprofit to support operational costs, sustainability, and resiliency for local cultural organizations that benefit Cambridge residents.

The City of Cambridge is seeking poems for its 2023 Sidewalk Poetry Contest. Five winning poems will be imprinted into the fresh concrete of new sidewalks around the city beginning this fall. Winners will also each receive a $100 prize.

Join Cambridge City Councilor E. Denise Simmons for the 2023 Black History Stroll, touring the Cambridge Museum of History and Culture’s exhibition of 15 posters recognizing people of color who blazed trails in Cambridge.

Apply By Feb. 6

'Making Space for Art' is supported by $140,000 Grant from Metropolitan Area Planning Council

Apply by Feb. 6

To make performing in public easier in Cambridge, street performers can now apply for free permits via our online form.