Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts
This week the Senate debates its budget and we need as many Massachusetts residents to contact their State Senators. How to find out who your State Senator is: http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Search (Special note for those who do not have a State Senator (ie First Suffolk/former Senator Hart’s seat), you can contact State Senator Stephen Brewer – Senate …
[highlighter color=”orange”]Stop “Home Rule Petition: Docket #0684- Petition For a Special Law: Re: Eligibility For Cooperative Housing Corporations” for the City of Boston[/highlighter] May, 9, 2013 Dear Fellow Boston Artists and Boston Residents, Since 2007, both AritstsUndertheDome.org and the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) have been fighting to keep our Commonwealth’s artists coops and our …
Have you ever been asked to work for free?
If a “non-profit” organization did the “asking”, you had better check their tax returns (use GuideStar). You may be surprised to find that some highly-paid folks are asking YOU for free labor!
Would you be insulted? Ian Thal, an artist and writer for The Clyde Fitch Report , was.
Read the interesting and compelling report on what he found:
CitiGroup Has 2,909,547 Reasons To Ask Artists For Free Labor
IMPORTANT! The House Way and Means Committee released its budget on Wednesday and the result is not pretty for the arts, culture, and creative community. Ways and Means proposed a $8.2 million budget for the Massachusetts Cultural Council — a $1.5 million CUT to the Commonwealth’s investment in Massachusetts creative community. We need to get …