Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts
via the Massachusetts Cultural Council newsletter UP Program News: New Staff and Deadline Extension The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) is pleased to announce our new UP Program Officer, Charles Baldwin. Charles comes to the MCC from Wheelock Family Theatre where he served as the Director of Marketing and Operations and where he worked extensively on …
U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) offered an amendment to integrate the arts into the nation’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs.
We regret to inform everyone that the Legislature did not take up the veto of House Bill 3841 yesterday. In other words, they didn’t override the Governor’s veto of the bill which would have established a Percent for Art Program in the Commonwealth.
http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/issues/governor-baker-vetoes-massachusetts-percent-for-art-program/
Yesterday was the last formal session for the Massachusetts State Legislature for this year. The Legislature will reconvene in January 2016. MALC will keep the field informed on the next steps in this process and what the Legislature plans to do on this matter and what we can do on it.
In the mean time – please see our blog post on how to advocate for the MBTA “Art on the Line” Program:
http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/news/important-information-clarification-about-public-art-in-ma/
About the veto of House Bill 3841 As MALC reported on November 7, Governor Baker vetoed House Bill 3841: http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/issues/governor-baker-vetoes-massachusetts-percent-for-art-program/ It is important to read why the Governor vetoed it: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H3841 Please see his July 2015 recommendations for this program: http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/news/governor-baker-amends-the-ma-percent-for-art-program-mpap/ “Mass. legislators scramble to save public-art measure” ~Boston Globe [blockquote align=”right” cite=”~reported by Malcolm Gay, …