Summer 2024 Open Studios Season

Join us for Open Studios this Summer and meet our Artists In Residence! Visit the museum and then come over to Building 13 and 34 for drinks, snacks and great conversation. After Open Studios, enjoy a brew at Bright Ideas or food in the courtyard! Refreshments will be available.

AS ALWAYS, FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO ALL.

Applications Open for Lowell Capacity-Building Program!

Assets for Artists is focusing resources on our artist neighbors who live or have studio space in the City of Lowell. Applications available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
This cohort is a partnership between Mosaic Lowell and MASS MoCA.

APPLICATION OPENS: APRIL 15, 2024
APPLICATION CLOSES: MAY 30, 2024

Welcome April Artists in Residence!

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort. This group will be in
residence for two weeks April 10th - April 22nd. This group of artists features writers and visual artists including one collective and one collaborative partnership.

Call for Studios Residency Applications!

Our General Application for January-June 2025 Studios residencies with Fellowship and Financial Aid support is open through June 8th!

Application available in English and Spanish. Disposable en inglés y español.

Deadline to apply is June 8th.

Welcome North Berkshire Capacity Building Cohort!

We are thrilled to announce and welcome our 2024 North Berkshire Cohort to our Capacity Building Program!

This group of artists represents the first cohort in the evolution of our North Adams Project to include ALL of Northern Berkshire county with the aim of recognizing the interconnection of the vibrant creative communities in our region.

Welcome March Artists!

Join us in welcoming two artist-in-residence cohorts month. The first group of ten artists will be in residence for two weeks, February 28th - March 11th. The second will be in residence March 13th - April 8th with an Open Studio event on Thursday April 4th.

Third Biennial North Adams Artist Census

census closed.

Help us learn about YOU and the creative community of North Adams by taking a 10-minute anonymous survey. All self described artists who live in North Adams, work in North Adams, make their creative work in North Adams, and/or regularly participate in the artist community in North Adams are encouraged to fill out the census.

Welcome Connecticut State-Wide Capacity-Building Cohort!

In partnership with the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Assets for Artists is thrilled to welcome our Connecticut state-wide Capacity Building Program participants. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read, meet and follow this group of talented artists as they progress through our program!

Welcome February Artists!

Join us in welcoming this year's Massachusetts Artists Fellows and Iris Residency Fellows to the Studios at MASS MoCA. These artists from across the Commonwealth, will be in residency until February 26th with an Open Studio on February 22nd from 5-7. 

Welcome January Artists!

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort and mark your calendars for Thursday, January 25 5-7pm for Open Studios!

Winter / Spring 2024 Open Studios Season

We are so excited to invite you to meet the artists-in-residence! Visit the museum and then come over to Building 13 and 34 for drinks, snacks and great conversation. After Open Studios, enjoy a brew at Bright Ideas or food in the courtyard! Refreshments will be available.

Each event will take place from 5 - 7 PM in Building 13 + Building 34.

AS ALWAYS, FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO ALL.

Welcome 2024 Residency Fellows: Part 1!

The Studios at MASS MoCA is pleased to announce the awardees of 2024’s first batch of residency fellowships! Each of these artists will receive a free residency at the Studios, thanks to our many generous partners and funders.

Welcome December Artists!

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort. These nine artists will be in residence December 6th - December 19th.

Welcome November Artists!

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort and mark your calendars for Thursday, November 30th for Open Studios!

Welcome October Artists-in-residence!

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort and mark your calendars for Thursday, November 2nd 5-7pm for Open Studios!

Welcome Massachusetts Grantees!

wednesday, october 11th

Join us in welcoming the grantees included in Cohort 2 of our 2023 Massachusetts Statewide Capacity Building Grant Program!

Welcome September Artists-in-residence!

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort and mark your calendars for Thursday, September 14th for Open Studios!

Welcome August Artists-in-residence!

Join us in welcoming the August artist-in-residence cohort! This session includes our first-ever Massachusetts Family Fellowship! The 9 amazing artists will be in residence at MASS MoCA from August 9th - August 22nd.

Welcome July artists

Wednesday, July 12th

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort and mark your calendars for Thursday, August 3rd for Open Studios!

Welcome Massachusetts Grantees!

monday, July 10th

Join us in welcoming the grantees included in Cohort 1 of our 2023 Massachusetts Statewide Capacity Building Grant Program!

Welcome ValleyCreates Grantees!

monday, July 10th

We’re excited to welcome the twenty newest grantees in our ValleyCreates Capacity-Building Grant Program. Meet them here!

Welcome June Artists!

Wednesday, June 14th

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort and mark your calendars for Thursday, July 6th for Open Studios!

Welcome Pittsfield Artists!

monday, june 5

A4A is delighted to announce our newest cohort of Capacity-Building grantees. These ten artists are enriching their home city of Pittsfield, MA, through public art, breakdancing, music and cultural visibility, podcasting, teaching, art therapy programs for youth, and so much more.


Welcome May Artists!

Wednesday, May 17th

Join us in welcoming this month’s artist-in-residence cohort!

Welcome Connecticut Artists!

Monday, May 1, 2023

In partnership with the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Assets for Artists is thrilled to welcome ten talented Connecticut artists into our Capacity-Building Grant Program! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read, meet and follow them as they progress through our program!

Welcome Oolite Home + Away Artists-in-Residence!

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The Studios at MASS MoCA is thrilled to announce a brand new partnership with Oolite Arts Miami. Through an open call for submissions, ten Miami artists have been chosen by a Miami-based jury to receive a residency at MASS MoCA, which includes studio space, access to international curators and master artists, and programming to enrich their experience. The five-week residency will take place March 29–May 2, 2023.

Welcome March Artists-in-Residence!

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Join us in welcome this month’s Studios artists-in-residence and mark our calendars for Open Studios on Thursday, March 23rd from 5-7PM.

Welcome Worcester County Grantees!

TUESDAY, February 28, 2023

In partnership with the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, A4A is pleased to announce the 2023 Business of Art Cohort. Now in its second year, this opportunity will help individual artists strengthen their creative practice, and build mutually-supportive networks. We are thrilled to welcome these 19 Worcester County based artists into our Capacity-Building Grant Program.

Welcome Cape Cod Grantees!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023

Meet A4A’s eleven newest Capacity-Building grantees! Thanks to new a partnership with the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, we are celebrating our first cohort of Cape Cod grantees. They’re a stellar group who represent the best of the Cape’s artistic richness and diversity.

Welcome January 2023 Artist-in-Residence!

Friday, January 7, 2023

Join us in welcome this month’s Studios artists-in-residence and our first cohort of 2023!





Announcing our 2023 Massachusetts Artist Fellows!

Friday, January 6, 2023

The Studios at MASS MoCA is thrilled to announce this year's Massachusetts Artist Fellows for our eighth fully funded MA residency cohort. Since the Studios at MASS MoCA opened in Fall 2015, we’ve hosted over 170 Massachusetts-based artists for residencies.

(Clockwise from top left: Garvin Sierra Vega, Natalia Sánchez, Ana Portnoy Brimmer, Elsa María Meléndez

Announcing the 2023 Puerto Rico Artist Fellowships

Thursday, January 5, 2023

For our fifth year, the Studios at MASS MoCA is pleased to celebrate our 2023 Studios at MASS MoCA’s Puerto Rico Artist Fellows. Over the next year, we will welcome five Puerto Rican artists in photography, performance, installation, and writing for residencies at the museum. Artists will receive funded residencies of up to four weeks, including housing, studio space, daily meals, museum access, plus travel and living stipends.

Announcing the Iris Residency Fellows in Partnership with the Berkshire Immigrant Center

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

We are so excited to announce the three Iris Fellows: Hanna Sobolieva, Cima Khademi and Clemente Sajqui-Ramirez!

Iris Residency is a pilot program in partnership with the Berkshire Immigrant Center. This opportunity was formed to specifically support artists in Western Massachusetts who are foreign-born, or identify as first or second generation American.

The residency includes a funded four-week residency, optional resources and consultations through The Berkshire Immigrant Center, and our regular residency benefit.

 

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