Newton Cultural Council and Northborough Cultural Council offer examples for celebrating their grant recipients during this period of social distancing.
UP Designated organizations are a growing cohort of leaders and innovators in the field who serve to inspire other organizations.
A quarterly report on our anti-racism work
FY24 Cultural Facilities Fund grants now available
Culture elevates the quality of life and well-being in our communities. It is also vital to a “Sense of Place,” our deepest connections to the places where we live, work, and visit. Watch Giles Li, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Executive Director, discuss "A Sense of Place" at the Mass Cultural Council Institute earlier this year.
Deputy Director David Slatery Appointed to Serve as Acting Executive Director
Reflections of a state folklorist
Senator Ed Kennedy has filed Amendment #135 to increase Mass Cultural Council’s account to $27.4M
Governor Baker has 10 days to review and act on the conference budget.
Dr. Love is an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice at the University of Georgia. She is one of the field’s most esteemed educational researchers in the ways in which urban youth negotiate culture to form social, cultural, and political identities to create new and sustaining ways of thinking about urban education and intersectional social justice.
The state budget now advances to the Governor’s desk for final approval
The FY21 plan includes a range of grant programs, services, and initiatives to support the arts, humanities, and sciences in communities across Massachusetts.
Grants to organizations (including schools) to fund festivals, projects, residencies, and other cultural activities in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
New capital spending to revitalize cultural sector. Governor Baker has 10 days to review and act on this legislation.
Shipwright and National Heritage Fellow Harold A. Burnham and his son, Alden Burnham, work on a wooden boat restoration
The latest on the FY23 state budget process and the Agency's COVID recovery efforts.
This cohort of programs paints a diverse picture of the potential of culture as a vehicle for improved public and personal heath in Massachusetts.
A full timeline for the FY21 budget process is not yet available. It is unclear what processes the House and Senate will use to convene in formal sessions to safely have this important debate.
The following testimony was submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ways & Means today.
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