Guerilla Opera is a culturally focused and artist-led ensemble, whose mission is to commission and re-envision new and experimental works custom-tailored to our unique ensemble of artists.

Led by Artistic Director Aliana de la Guardia, we champion cutting-edge music and immerse audiences in profound experiences, provide a vehicle for creative authenticity, and IDEA (Inclusion. Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility), and inspire, influence and amplify emerging generations of artists and arts-lovers.

If you’re inspired and passionate about our work, and are committed to fostering support for the arts landscape in Boston, we encourage you to contact us to be a member of our Board of Directors.

The Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund provides support to creators during times of extraordinary hardship. Current Fund efforts are focused on supporting creators who have been directly impacted by the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. If selected, you will receive $10,000 from the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund.

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This residency allows emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice. The residency culminates in a solo closing reception that is promoted across an extensive network. Proposals should have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. The program is especially interested in projects that involve conceptual art, practice or theory, or involve the public in their creative process.

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These residencies are open to visual artists, composers, architects, improvisational dancers, poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Residents are provided with a private efficiency apartment and studio space, located in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky, six blocks from the Ohio River. The cost of the residency is $700 for two weeks and $1,000 per month. Admissions are made on a rolling basis.

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A compendium of already-existing resource lists for artists.

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The California Department of Parks and Recreation invites artists interested in creating public art in California State and/or local parks to join the Arts in California Parks directory. The directory is a resource available to all State and local California Parks staff, as well as the general public, to be used to search for artists based on location, art medium, or other considerations, in order to explore opportunities for collaboration. Artists working in a variety of mediums, styles, and techniques, as well as artists from diverse abilities, backgrounds, and cultures, and with a range of experiences, creative visions, aesthetics, and approaches are encouraged to join the directory.

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During their stay, artists’ objectives are self-prescribed. The program welcomes all types of artists, writers, musicians, etc. of all skill levels, welcomes creators to explore new media and techniques, and encourages collaboration but does not require it. Residents are encouraged to explore and engage with the local community.

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The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. Projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight.

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Open to regional and national artists of all disciplines, Artists-in-Residence spend 2-4 months in a live/work studio in cozy downtown Breckenridge, Colorado. Artists receive a biweekly stipend of $600

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Arts, humanities, and science organizations participating in this voluntary program offer free or steeply discounted admission to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders.

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The Center for Contemporary Printmaking offers Artists-in-Residence the opportunity to live and work inside the specifically designed Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage. Within this space artists can produce a body of work in a supportive atmosphere that fosters creative growth and development, for traditional as well as innovative printmaking techniques. Fee: $35.

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Dramatists (playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists in the theatrical genre) facing a financial crisis and needing financial assistance and/or support are eligible to apply for an emergency grant.

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Emergency Grants is the only active, multidisciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Grants range from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $1,900.

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The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program provides interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident. The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000; an award of $5,000 is typical.

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This program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. Artists of all disciplines are encouraged (painting, sculpture, illustration, writing, dance, music, theater/performance, photography, fiber/textiles, etc). Currently accepting applications from the North Eastern region (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island).

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There is an immense amount of Eastern MA jobs in the arts being posted in HireCulture every day.

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About UsMattina R. Proctor (1926-2005) was a compassionate philanthropist from Camden, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Proctor championed and funded many worthwhile projects to benefit those in need, protect the environment, and bring fine music, arts, and media to the people. In her memory, The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation continues to support charitable organizations and initiatives in Maine and Massachusetts that focus on education, healthcare, music, and environmental stewardship.

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Application for one-time financial assistance is open to professional musicians across all genres. You must be a professional music performer, composer/arranger, or educator in a specific time of need caused by an unexpected hardship (e.g., medical or dental situation, natural disaster, or certain housing crises).

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New Works Exploration Grants for Works by provides travel subsidies for staff of Professional Opera Company Members to travel to other cities to attend performances or workshops of new American opera by women composers. Grants totaling up to $2,000 are available per company annually (as available) to support travel expenses related to staff attendance at performances/workshops of new American works composed by women. Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until the funding is exhausted.

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The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses, and amounts range up to $50,000. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces.

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An assortment of jobs, opportunities, grants, and workshops compiled on one convenient website. The list now includes opportunities into the spring.

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The program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice with flexible time commitments of one to three months. Micro-residencies are an ideal opportunity for you to complete a specific project, commission, or prototype within a limited amount of time. One ceramics and one metals micro-resident are hosted at a time.

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Stochastic Labs awards fully sponsored residencies to exceptional engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies are of variable length and include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access (laser cutter, 3D printer etc), a monthly stipend, and a budget for materials. Residents may apply as individuals or as teams.

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Check out this helpful list of calls for artist, put together by Mass Cultural Council.

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