Council Update - December 2025
FY2026 Grant Awards Announced!
Congratulations to the FY2026 Cultural Council Grants awardees:
- Katharina Radlberger, Tales of Spring - Love Stories and New Beginnings, a violin/piano concert, Spring 2026, $975
- Joy Powers, To the Moon and Back, a circus show for all ages, date tbd, $546
- Nahant Public Library, Winter Music Series, a series of three concerts featuring jazz, classical guitar, and Latin songs, February-April 2026, $936
- Ute Gfrerer, Sing Together, a community-focused music event that invites people of all ages to experience the joy of singing together, Summer 2026, $1,988
- Johnson Elementary School, Cultural Art Trip Club, an after-school program for students to visit museums, galleries, & artists’ studios across MA, 2025-2026, $1,392
- The Delvena Theatre Company, Inc., A Christmas Carol, a dramatic reading, date tbd, $542
PAST NEWS: CELEBRATE NAHANT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Thank you to everyone who participated and coming to view this first ever Nahant photography exhibition! We are especially grateful for your support and donations that helped the Cultural Council make the exhibit possible. Special thanks to the Nahant Preservation Trust and the Nahant Historical Society for their support and assistance with this Town-wide photography exhibition event! An Online Gallery posted of ‘Celebrate Nahant: Images of Our Town, Past, and Present: A Community Photography Exhibition.”
Nahant Cultural Council Previous Grant Awards
FY2025:
Nora Kory, Nahant-inspired and classical chamber music: $930
Johnson School, Dying and Weaving with Natural Fibers: $825
Nahant Public Library, Owls Up Close Live Owl Program: $750
David Sparr. The Smack Dabs In Concert: $2,150
The Delvena Theater Company, Mangia, Meatballs and Murder: $795
Matt York, Johnny Cash Songs and Stories: $500
FY2024:
Susan Cadigan, Organ Harmony Qi Gong: $566
Johnson Elementary School, Origami, Math, and Marine Science: $1,100
Open Space/Recreation Committee, Winter Waterfowl of Nahant: $500
Nahant Public Library, Bird Buddy: $300
Katharina Radlberger,
String quartet 'Fin de Siècle': "1893: Looking East / Looking West": $2,950
Nahant Cultural Council, Celebrate Nahant: Images of Our Town, Past, and Present: A Community Photography Exhibition, $1,100
FY2023:
The Delvena Theater Company, The Incredible Mae West!: $625
Nahant Historical Society,
Flights of Fancy: The Live Passions of the artist Norman Laliberte, $5,564
Katharina Radlberger, New Beginnings, Learning from Each Other - Merging the Old World and the New World: $2,313 |
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About The Nahant Cultural Council
The Nahant Cultural Council (NCC) promotes excellence, education, diversity, and inclusion in the arts, humanities, and science by awarding grants funded by the Mass Cultural Council. Over the past few years, this funding has supported a variety of programs in Nahant, such as:
- Art, Nature, Nahant: Celebrations of arts and crafts, music, poetry, and dance
- Ellingwood Chapel Concert Series
- Christmas Concerts
- Nahant Music Festivals
- Forty Steps Dance
- Bridging the Divide - Respectful Conversations, an initiative of the Village Church
- Programs in collaboration with the Nahant Council on Aging, the Johnson School, the Nahant Historical Society, and the Nahant Library
The Nahant Cultural Council is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
