Moriah Saccardo with Amy Tuttle at the Arts Foundation's 2025 Creative Exchange Conference

Moriah Saccardo: Helping Creativity Thrive on the Cape

Moriah Saccardo (left) with Director of Development Amy Tuttle at the Arts Foundation's Creative Exchange Conference in October 2025. Creativity was a world that Moriah Saccardo was encouraged to visit often as a kid growing up in Plymouth. “My mom...

Portrait of Kenard Smith by photographer Julia Cumes in collaboration with Lipe Borges

From Curiosity to Craft: Fashion Designer Kenard Smith’s Creative Path

Photo: Kenard Smith in his studio at The Cordial Eye (Julia Cumes in collaboration with Lipe Borges) Experimentation, continuously learning, and growing. This is an artist’s approach to life. And this is what Kenard Smith Jr. has embraced since moving...

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Launches Fiscal Sponsorship Program to Support Artists and Creative Projects

October 20, 2025 (Cape Cod, MA) — The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is expanding its support for the region’s creative community with the launch of a new Fiscal Sponsorship Program in January 2026. The program is designed to help...

Apply Now: Capacity-Building Program for Cape and Islands Artists

September 9, 2025 (Cape Cod, MA) – The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is now accepting applications for its Creative Exchange Capacity-Building Program, an initiative that gives artists on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket the tools and resources to...

A child performing in Cape Cod Theatre Company's production of "Finding Nemo" puts on makeup backstage before a show.

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Opens Fall 2025 Grant Applications for Artists and Organizations

Funding Focuses on Expanding Community Engagement and Access to the Arts October 13, 2025 (Cape Cod, MA) - The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (AFCC) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for its Fall 2025 Grant Cycle,...

Headshot of Lecolion Washington

Community Music Center of Boston’s Lecolion Washington to Deliver Keynote Speech at CX Conference

 October 2, 2025 (Cape Cod, MA) – It was during a trip to perform at a festival in Cape Town, South Africa, that musician Lecolion Washington’s perspective on life changed. It occurred during a meeting after the festival with South...

AFCC is Hiring!

Join Our Team! The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in our region. Our Arts Access Program removes financial and logistical barriers so that every child has...

Arts Foundation Executive Director Julie Wake with New England Foundation for the Arts Executive Director Harold Steward

Register Now for Arts Foundation’s Creative Exchange Conference on October 8th

August 26, 2025 (Cape Cod, MA) – The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is excited to announce that registration is now open for its Creative Exchange Conference on Wednesday, October 8th, 8 am to 4 pm, at the Cotuit Center...

Headshot of Edward Thompson who is running the 53rd Annual Falmouth Road Race for the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod

Helping to Fuel the Cape’s Creative Economy, One Mile at a Time

Take a drive through Cape Cod and you’re bound to hit an art studio. It is one of the landscape markers that struck Edward Thompson after his parents moved to Yarmouth Port seven years ago. “There are so many little...