We cannot stress enough how important it is to support the restoration of funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council. EVERY DOLLAR the MCC invests returns FIVE DOLLARS to state coffers. From the MCC: Senator Eileen Donoghue of Lowell is seeking cosponsors for an amendment to next year’s state budget that would restore state...
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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...
Read more →The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) released a new plan that aims to rebuild public support for the nonprofit arts, humanities, and sciences over five years through collective advocacy and reinvestment in the nonprofit cultural sector. The MCC’s five-year strategic plan is the fruit of conversations with hundreds of its constituents through four public forums,...
Read more →Key Leaders of Worcester’s Arts Community (Boston, MA) Governor Deval Patrick today announced the appointment of Joyce Kressler and Troy Siebels—two highly accomplished leaders of the Worcester arts community—to the Board of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. “Joyce Kressler and Troy Siebels have each played a central role in fostering the creative economy in Worcester,”...
Read more →First Meeting with Leaders MASSCreative is poised to build a powerful grassroots network of local cultural councils, arts and cultural institutions, artists, educators and arts advocates across Massachusetts. Your Community will benefit- Join in a Bristol County Conversation Promote your community - Learn from others Tuesday, May 15th, from 4:00-5:30pm The Dedee Shattuck Gallery 1...
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In 2008, five nationally recognized youth arts organizations gathered around “a common desire to measure and share, with each other as well as our funders, what we believed was happening in our studios.” In April, the result of their thousands of hours of research, discussions, experimentation, and analysis were released in two volumes: The Boston...
Read more →The MCC seeks to restore $1.8 million to its annual budget so that it can support more arts education and creative learning in history and science, both in school and out of school. Important! Contact your State Senator! This month the Massachusetts Senate debates its version of the state budget for the coming fiscal...
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Join MCC, Huntington Theatre Co., and poetry lovers across the Commonwealth to cheer on Stephanie Igharosa of Randolph High School as she represents Massachusetts at the annual Poetry Out Loudnational competition! Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud is a recitation competition that celebrates the power of the spoken word....
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