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.
Applications are due March 1 for festivals happening between March 1 and August 31, 2022.
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
Frequently asked questions about the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund
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.
Governor Baker has 10 days to review and act on the conference budget.
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.
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.
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.
Grants to organizations (including schools) to fund festivals, projects, residencies, and other cultural activities in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
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With the help of our Festivals Audience Lab cohort and ArtsBoston, we've developed an online resource for festival and event producers.
