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Arts and Culture Initiative

 

As an investor and convener, CJP is committed to supporting a rich and vibrant Jewish arts and culture community within Greater Boston. We support Jewish artists and arts organizations through fellowships, grants, and partnerships, and by fostering engagement with this work throughout our community.  

Arts and culture can powerfully connect us to Jewishness and to one another; bring us into deep and challenging conversations; and illuminate and preserve Jewish experience and memory. Through this work, we will celebrate, heal, and engage with the world.  

We are excited to explore and appreciate the beauty of Jewish arts and culture, together.  




What are we working on? 

Community Creative Fellowship 

  • A partnership with the Jewish Arts Collaborative, this Fellowship gives artists in the Greater Boston area the opportunity to create, learn, and engage with the community.
  • Meet this year’s Community Creative Fellows.
  • Currently, applications for the Community Creative Fellowship are closed. Details about future opportunities will be announced in the spring of 2025.


CJP Arts and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund​  

CJP is continuing to invest in our local artists!  Click here for information on our FY25 cohort of Arts and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund grantees.

Created in 2020, the grant pool supports artistic endeavors that:

  • Embraces the diversity and complexity of Jewish identity, community, and tradition
  • Sparks questions, fosters curiosity, or invites communal dialogue on a range of topics both within the Jewish community and/or across diverse communities  
  • Creatively interprets or reinvents Jewish teachings, ritual, tradition, or Jewish life

 

Explore projects from our past grantees here.

 

The 2024-2025 Art and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund is now closed.

The information about this year’s recipients will be announced soon.

The 2025-2026 Arts and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund will open in August 2025. 

If you have any questions, please contact Anna.   

 

Mental health and the arts 
 

CJP has invested in innovative approaches to support our community’s mental health. Using techniques based in art therapy, our Create and Connect Initiative used art therapists as consultants to work with community organizations in support of staff and families. We know art-based opportunities open new doors for healing, rejuvenation, and introspection, and were proud to offer these resources to support our community. Please enjoy this video highlighting some of the work. 




Sophie Krentzman is leading CJP into the arts and culture space to support and lift up our creative community. In this video, get to know Sophie's artistic background, discover how this work became a priority for CJP, and learn about the key arts and culture initiatives for this year and beyond.