Organized by areas identified in the Create, Connect, and Catalyze Framework
CREATE
- How an Artist is Like a Tree: Paul Klee on Creativity
- Amanda Gorman, nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate, poem for the inauguration. Teaching Resources:
- Using your voice is a political choice, TED-Ed
- Lesson of the Day: Amanda Gorman and ‘The Hill We Climb’, New York Times
- Lesson Plan: Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb”, PBS Newshour
- Teach This: “The Hill We Climb” and the 2021 Inauguration, Teaching Tolerance
- Find out more about the Boston Youth Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola, poetry workshops and upcoming readings about Home through June, 2021. Learn more
CONNECT
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Remote Learning, NAEA Remote Learning Toolkit
- Don’t Let The Pandemic Winter Get You Down: 9 Creative Ways To Socialize Safely, WBUR
- New Understanding Childhood Trauma Resource for Parents/Caregivers, ACEs Connection
- As The Pandemic Amplifies Winter’s Harshness, Artists Reflect On Loss And Depression, WBUR
CATALYZE
- Bonus Episode: Stacey Abrams, TED Radio Hour
- Art, Culture, and Creativity: Connecting During COVID-19: Add your voice to this small-scale public education campaign, and check out MASSCreative’s blog post The New Dawn Blooms As We Free It: Massachusetts arts leaders reflect on the inauguration and a conversation with the Biden-Harris transition team where you can also hear about the upcoming 7th Annual People’s State of the Union Feb 1- Mar 1, 2021
Funding
- TODAY (Jan 25) is the deadline for Massachusetts CYD alums to apply for the new CYD BIPOC Alumni Council. This paid opportunity will help inform the future of CYD and our cultural spaces.
- STARS Residencies, Mass Cultural Council, Deadline: Feb 1
- COVID-19 Relief Fund for Individuals, Mass Cultural Council, Deadline: Feb 2
- Artist Fellowships, Mass Cultural Council, Deadline: Feb 8
- Live Arts Boston (LAB) 2021 Deadline: Feb 10
- Projects grants, Mass Cultural Council, Deadline: Mar 2
- Additional artist opportunities can be found on ArtSake, the City of Boston’s Artist Resource Newsletter, and the BANTA Facebook page.
