FY24 Cultural Facilities Fund grants now available
Applications are due March 1 for festivals happening between March 1 and August 31, 2022.
Join us in Springfield for a panel discussion and a variety of break-out rooms
Mass Cultural Council's Racial Equity Work
This anti-racism course is open to arts and culture leaders committed to building intersectional racial equity
Through this pilot, the Agency is working with experts in the field and a cohort of organizations.
Join us in Boston for a panel discussion and a few break-out rooms
Governor Charlie Baker released a state budget proposal today that would invest $16.1 million in the arts, humanities, and sciences through Mass Cultural Council for the coming fiscal year. The Governor’s proposal would maintain current cultural funding levels for Fiscal Year 2020, which begins July 1.
The overall national arts economy in 2021 represented 4.4% of GDP—a new high-water mark
Reflections of a state folklorist
The FY21 plan includes a range of grant programs, services, and initiatives to support the arts, humanities, and sciences in communities across Massachusetts.
Unrestricted funding is available to equitably advance creative expression in Massachusetts
The following testimony was submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ways & Means today.
Deputy Director David Slatery Appointed to Serve as Acting Executive Director
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.
Frequently asked questions about the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund
The state budget now advances to the Governor’s desk for final approval
This cohort of programs paints a diverse picture of the potential of culture as a vehicle for improved public and personal heath in Massachusetts.
