ACAC Grants Committee

The Arlington Commission of Arts & Culture’s Grants Committee is a Local Cultural Council of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, Local Cultural Councils support thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences every year. The State legislature provides an annual appropriation to the MCC, which allocates funds to each community. Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of municipally appointed volunteers – our Grants Committee.

The Grants Committee is committed to funding a diverse cross-section of activities supporting a broad variety of art forms, including ongoing work of individual artists, projects serving specific local populations, and the work of local cultural organizations. Learn more about our most recent grant awardees and their projects here.

Members of the Committee are artists, arts administrators, and other community members with an interest in arts, sciences, and culture. Members are appointed by the Arlington Board of Selectmen for up to two consecutive three-year terms. Meetings are once a month, usually second Monday evenings from 7:30-9 pm, and  are open to the public.

The Grants Committee also participates in Town Day, holds an annual Spring Celebration of the Arts to honor our grantees, and is a member-at-large of the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture.