Peabody Puts Call Out For Cultural Grants

PEABODY, MA — The Peabody Cultural Council is encouraging schools, organizations and residents interested in running creative and artistic programs in the city to apply for grant funding.

Applications will be open from Sept. 1 through Oct. 17 to provide funds for projects including exhibits, classes, festivals, field trips, short-term artist residences, school performances, workshops and lectures.

The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.

Mass Cultural Council is using an online application system, called SmartSimple. Applicants can log in, set up an account, and submit their applications here.

Applicants are encouraged to refer to the Mass Cultural Council website here to learn more about the MCC LCC Program Guidelines, local Cultural Council Priorities, or to sign up to attend an information session on the new system before submitting

Previously Peabody Cultural Council-funded projects include the Peabody Summer Concerts on the Commons, classes in painting, theater, and woodcarving for seniors, an instrument lending program for children, as well school field trips to the Peabody Essex Museum, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and to numerous theatrical performances throughout the region.

Those with questions are encouraged to contact Lisa Greene at lisa.greene@peabody-ma.gov.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)