Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts
Two of MALC’s key policy areas are fair trade and the treatment of our community’s labor force. Adjunct professors are part of our community’s labor force and in most cases are not fairly treated. MALC is in full support of the unionization of the adjunct workforce. Below is a roundup of recent important Massachusetts adjunct …
On Friday, Governor Baker ordered cuts to the current State Budget due to $320 million projected budget shortfall.
Thus far no cuts have come to the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s budget.
However, the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) did have its budget cut by two million dollars.
For more information, see this article and the embedded chart of what else was cut:
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/gov_charlie_baker_cuts_50_mill.html
A look back and a look forward…. MALC would like to wish everyone a creative and prosperous 2016! First and foremost, a big thank you to all on the MALC Steering Committee for all the work they did in 2015. It was a busy year for MALC, an all volunteer coalition comprised of working artists. …
2015 was a busy one legislatively and we will publish a review of 2015, including an outlook for 2016.
Until then, be sure to read what the Americans for the Arts, via their Artsblog, proclaim as the greatest achievements of 2015:
(http://blog.americansforthearts.org/2015/12/23/2015-what-a-year-for-the-arts)
What is on your list?