Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts
One of the highlights of the Create the Vote campaign will be the Boston Mayoral Candidate Forum on Arts, Culture, and Creativity, where the candidates for mayor will discuss and debate the issues of the creative community.
This fall, the [highlighter color=”bordo”]Federal Affordable Care Act (ACA)[/highlighter], will start to roll out more of its policies and programs. Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), HealthCareForArtists.org, and the Artists Health Care Working Group encourage all Massachusetts residents, especially those who are currently in the State’s Commonwealth Care Program and the Commonwealth Choice Program, to visit the …
Supporters of artists’ cooperative housing and all cooperative housing scored a victory Thursday as State Senator Bruce Tarr withdrew Amendment #37 from the Senate floor. The amendment, which contained anti-coop language that MALC and its allies have defeated in the past, would have dealt a blow to cooperative housing throughout the Commonwealth.
Thank you to all the citizen artists out there, as well as all supporters of cooperative housing, who reached out to their state senators and made their voices heard.
[note color=”#f3e588″]Important! Boston coop residents are not immune from a Home Rule Petition currently before the Boston City Council that is essentially the same language as Amendment #37. Please see our update![/note]
Urgent Call To Action To Protect Artists’ Coops And All Coops In Massachusetts! State Senator Bruce Tarr filed anti-coop language as an amendment to the Housing Bond Bill the Senate began debating this week. Please help us generate as many calls as possible to block Amendment #37. We need you citizen artist! Together we can protect …