Senate Ways & Means Budget Proposes Level Funding for Massachusetts Cultural Council (Boston, MA) Today the Senate Ways & Means Committee released a proposed budget for the coming fiscal year that would provide level funding for the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).The Senate panel recommended $9.25 million for the MCC in...
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Support amendment to fix health care reform issue! Please call your State Senator by this Thursday to support amendment #13 put forth by Senator Michael Moore- for S.2260 An Act Improving the quality of health care This amendment fixes a problem the Artists Health Care Working Group identified years ago in the 2006 MA...
Read more →Protect Affordable Access to your Constitutional Rights! From Stephen Best, APA National CEO The United States Copyright Office has proposed “new fees for the registration of claims, recordation of documents, special services, Licensing Division services, and processing of FOIA requests.” This includes the registration of photographs using form VA through eCO or paper filings....
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Thanks to our collective advocacy more than sixty members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives signed on to stop further cuts to funding for the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). This support is a strong endorsement of the cultural sector’s value, amid yet another challenging year for state finances....
Read more →Yes, make that Friday the 13th call by noon! Urge Your Rep. Today to Restore Funding for Arts, Humanities & Sciences Yesterday the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways & Means proposed a budget that would cut funding for the arts, humanities, and sciences by $1.2 million, or 13 percent. The MCC has already weathered...
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Tens of thousands of people around the world are participating in Amnesty’s annual Global Write-a-thon, joining together to write letters that can save lives. It’s your last chance to join us before the event’s official launch. Will you sign up today and pledge to write at least one letter to free prisoners of conscience and to...
Read more →The MCC wants to hear your voice. The agency is crafting its strategic plan for the next five years and is asking you – our cultural organizations, local cultural councils, educators, artists, and others – for ideas and inspiration. We have scheduled four public forums in early December at which MCC staff will join with you...
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When: Sunday, November 6, 2011 What: Undivided: Dewey Square Pop-up Art Show By: Inspired by Occupy Boston/Occupy Wall St. Link: Occupy Boston Art The purpose of the exhibition is to provide an artistic platform to inspire open dialogue about the economic divide in this country, the democratic process as an organizing tool, and the...
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