Today the House Committee on Ways and Means released a state budget proposal for the coming fiscal year that calls for investing $16.6 million in the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Mass Cultural Council.
The archival collection of Mass Cultural Council's Folk Arts & Heritage Program was transferred to the Massachusetts State Archives.
Unrestricted grants of $5,000 to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners to equitably advance creative expression throughout our diverse communities.
A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
Local Cultural Councils Share How They've Gone After Municipal Monies
Workshop
Some ways you can receive support from the Agency while we await further news on the state budget.
Mass Cultural Council is thrilled to receive level funding in FY21.
Unrestricted grants of $5,000 to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners to equitably advance creative expression throughout our diverse communities.
The question: How do we use Mass Cultural Council’s social capital to assist the field’s human capital in increasing organizations’ intellectual capital to help leaders build sustainable financial capital?
94 awards were made in the program's 15th grant round
This year the Agency is tasked with investing a historic amount of state and federal funds into the cultural sector — nearly $100M!
Agency submits testimony in support of investing remaining uncommitted ARPA funds in cultural sector
Resources for cities and towns administering the Local Cultural Council Program
In November 2016, I relocated to the Greater Boston area from Dayton, OH just days after the Presidential election. As I reflect upon my first few days, months, and years in Boston, I was always asked “where do you live” or “where are you from?”
A brief history of the CultureRx: Social Prescription Pilot
Our three-year plan outlines internal and external steps we will take to support and encourage an anti-racist cultural sector in the Commonwealth.
COVID-19 has devastated the arts and cultural sector. No more gigs. No more plays. No more gallery showings. Still, as they usually do, artists are finding ways to make and share their art with the world.
Bobbitt, currently the Artistic Director of the New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, MA, will officially join the Agency on February 1, 2021, thereby becoming the most senior cultural official in the Commonwealth.
