In 2021, the Wareham Cultural Council awarded $12,388 in grant funds to 17 projects. Grants — in amounts ranging from $100 to $1500 — were awarded in the categories of arts, science and humanities.

The Wareham Cultural Council is one of 329 local councils around the state that receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The statewide council’s budget comes from the annual state budget.

“This past year was especially difficult in that grant recipients had to be creative as to how they present their projects to the public while following covid-19 restrictions and guidelines,” the Wareham Cultural Council said in a press release.

The council extended its congratulations to Wareham’s 2021 grant recipients:

• Vincent Lovegrove: Hodge Podge Hide and Seek

• Natural Death Collaborative: Making Art While Grieving Death

• Sarah Jennings: Discover Buzzards Bay — Wareham

• Wareham Minutemen and Militia Companies, Inc.: Historical Campfire and Open-Hearth Cooking during the 18th Century

• Old Colony Museum: Passport to History

• Music from Lands End: Wareham Summer Festival

• Friends of Wareham Free Library: Summer  Harp Concert

• Friends of Wareham Free Library: Library Summer Reading

• Marilyn Morales: Duo Pianists, Composers and Educators Whipple and Morales in Concert

• South Coast Children’s Chorus: Singing Connects Us

• Mayflower Camarata and Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven at 250: two area performances of his 5th and 7th Symphonies

• Wareham Land Trust: Story Walks

• John Root: Attracting Butterflies, Bees and other Beneficials

• New Bedford Festival Theatre

• MUSIC Dance.edu: Hip Hop Chair Exercise for Seniors

• Tri-County Symphonic Band: Chamber Music for Seniors

• Sippican Choral Society: Keeping Music Alive

For more information about the Mass Cultural Council and the grant application process, go to MassCulturalCouncil.org. The new grant cycle begins Sept. 1 and runs through Oct. 15, 2021.