This 3-Step Plan Calls for FY22 Budget Spending; Bond Authorizations; and Bills to Stabilize, Rebuild, and Provide COVID Relief to the Cultural Sector
Schools and teaching artists/humanists/scientists remain dedicated to creative learning, even during this most challenging school year.
The Agency hopes this infusion of public dollars will help creative individuals and cultural organizations rebuild from the economic crisis precipitated from COVID-19.
7,229 students, 215 teachers, 40 schools, and 1 cultural organization participated in Poetry Out Loud Massachusetts in 2021.
Simone Early and Robert L. Price now serve on the governing body of Mass Cultural Council.
Robust public investment is necessary to stabilize and restore the Commonwealth’s once vibrant and booming cultural sector.
Cultural organizations report $588.3M in lost revenue; Artists cite $30.4M in lost income; 30K cultural jobs impacted statewide.
New legislation would create a $200M COVID-19 relief and stabilization fund using federal funds.
Register for virtual workshops on Human Resources, Legal Issues for Arts Administrators, Leadership Management, Financial Management
Massachusetts’ creative individuals continue facing dramatic financial losses.