Guerilla Opera Receives a Staffing the Humanities from Mass Humanities
Guerilla Opera is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000 grant from the Staffing the Humanities initiative from Mass Humanities. Alongside Guerilla Opera, Mass Humanities announced grants to eleven organizations with humanities programs. Totaling more than $196,000, the grants will help support humanities program staff costs for past Mass Humanities grantees with annual operating expenses between $50,000 and $350,000 and with five or fewer Full-Time Equivalent Employees (FTE).
With this grant, Guerilla Opera will be able to hire a Community and Education Coordinator in order to develop our community oriented programs with local libraries that increase access to knowledge and discussion about postmodern opera
“We are always seeking ways to better serve our audiences and provide them with inclusive spaces to discuss the essential issues represented in our operas. This grant goes a long way to support our mission to examine stories through culturally focused and contemporary lenses.” - Aliana de la Guardia, Artistic Director
Organizations interested in learning about future grants should follow Mass Humanities on social media @masshumanities and visit their website.
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About Guerilla Opera
Guerilla Opera is a BIPOC and feminist organization, Boston's only experimental chamber opera ensemble, and one of only a few in the world with a mission to exclusively present new works of opera theater. Founded in 2007, the ensemble has accumulated a repertoire of over 40 new works by 30 composers. One of Boston’s most exciting companies, they have garnered a national reputation for innovative contemporary opera and daring performances with Opera News raving that “Guerilla Opera redefines the opera experience.”
The works commissioned by this artist-led ensemble are custom-tailored to their artists, who confront, examine, and question traditional conceptions of what is “operatic” by championing cutting-edge music and immersing audiences in profound experiences. Their vision is to bring new music to new audiences through a unique body of work that ferociously confronts the status quo, eschews antiquated and stereotypical traditions of the art form of opera, and examines stories by and for the people of today through contemporary lenses. They model creative authenticity and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (IDEA) in order to inspire and influence emerging generations of artists and creators. To learn more, visit guerillaopera.org
About Mass Humanities
Mass Humanities, a non-profit based in Northampton, conducts and supports programs that use history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to enhance and improve civic life throughout Massachusetts. Since its founding in 1974, the organization has provided millions of dollars in support of thousands of humanities projects across the Commonwealth.
Established as the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Mass Humanities is an independent programming and grant-making organization that receives support from the NEH and the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as private sources. For more information, visit masshumanities.org.