Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

Artists Under the Dome Event Schedule

10:00am to 10:25am Artists were welcomed to The Great Hall and received their welcome packets

10:25am Welcome by the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition and Barbara Wallace Grossman, Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) (Great Hall)

10:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks by Legislators (Great Hall)

Chairwoman Representative Cory Atkins- House Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)

Chairwoman Representative Sarah Peake*- House Chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Chairwoman Senator Linda Dorcena Forry- Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Representative Chris Walsh- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development

* former Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development

11am Special Thank You to State Treasurer Steven Grossman (Great Hall)

11:30am Group Photo (Grand Staircase)

11:30 - 12:30 am - Artists visited their Senator's and Representative's Offices

12:30 to 1:00pm- Networking & Information Sharing Brown Bag Lunch (Great Hall)

Special Guest: Suzanne Curry of Health Care for All discussed the new requirements of the Affordable Care Act and how it will impact individuals artists of all disciplines.

1:00-2:00pm -Roundtable discussion in the Great Hall: The 21st Century Role of Labor in Arts & Culture.

Confirmed: Kelly Bennett (Mass Cultural Council-Exhibitions Curator/Program Officer, Artist Fellowships), Charles Coe (Co-President of Boston Chapter of National Writers' Union), Bob Couture (Vice President of Boston Musicians' Association), Amit Dixit (Executive Director of the South Asian Arts Council), David Hartman (Program Director of the Mass Production Coalition), Jocelyn Jones (Deputy Division Chief and Special Counsel for Fair Labor Policy, Attorney General's Office), Derek Lumpkins (Executive Director of Discover Roxbury), and Susan G. Nelson (Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA New England).

Co-faciliated by Kathleen Bitetti (Co-founder of MALC) & Malia Lazu (Executive Director of the Future Boston Alliance)

The Artists Under the Dome After Party from 7pm to 11pm at GEM Lounge on 42 Province Street in Downtown Boston (21+). The After Party was free and open to the public and was a collaboration between MALC and the Future Boston Alliance. More info: http://www.futureboston.com/events/artsunderthedome-after-party#.VFll1hwTjFE