We conducted a series of 13 regional meetings across the state this summer as a follow up to the Mass Cultural Council Institute held in March 2018. The meetings gave us an opportunity to convene cities and towns by region to talk about our new strategic plan and Power of Culture messaging platform.
Investing public money in the traditional arts can play a part in growing small business development.
As the lift rose, I started sliding off. My dad grabbed my arm and, now completely free of the chair, I dangled from his grip, all 45 pounds of me, plus skis. With the chair gaining height my dad made a decision. He let go.
FY22 spending plan adopted by governing Council
A regular update on our equity work
Each year, Local Cultural Councils can produce their own programs to help meet cultural needs in the community
Culture Chat
The Mass Cultural Council released a spending plan for the new fiscal year that will invest more than $14 million in a range of grant programs, services, and initiatives to support the arts, humanities, and sciences in communities across Massachusetts.
The Mass Cultural Council released a spending plan for the new fiscal year that will invest more than $16.5 million in a range of grant programs, services, and initiatives to support the arts, humanities, and sciences in communities across Massachusetts.
A partnership with Health Connector, ConnectorCare Card to Culture makes the power of culture accessible to a wider range of Massachusetts’ residents.
Two-year grants for highly-skilled craftspeople and performing artists to mentor apprentices in one-on-one learning experiences
Program guidelines and application will be available March 6
A partnership with the Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, WIC Card to Culture makes the power of culture accessible to a wider range of Massachusetts’ residents.
A partnership with the Department of Transitional Assistance, and the nation's most comprehensive effort to expand cultural access for low-income families
Culture Chat
Both a movement and a designation, UP creates opportunities for leadership, peer networking, and education in universal design principles, audience engagement strategies, and ADA compliance.
Boston Youth Arts Evaluation Project (BYAEP) developed a framework and tools to measure the three main outcome areas which are characteristic of arts-based youth development programs.
Let’s take action to dismantle systemic racism and the legacy of white privilege.
Examples of how LCCs have utilized grant receptions to strengthen relationships with their communities.
As Spring slowly inches across the Commonwealth, we’re reminded of all that the season evokes; hope, natural changes, and new growth. But for municipalities throughout Massachusetts the annual sentiment is more reminiscent to Leo Tolstoy’s words in Anna Karenina, “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Nothing symbolizes this more than the creation, proposal, and adoption of a municipality’s annual budget.
