Tips and stories for recruitment best practices from a few Local Cultural Councils across the Commonwealth.
These residencies fostered more than a basic understanding and appreciation for the arts, sciences, and humanities
The Foster Families Pilot Program is a one-year pilot that connects Western Massachusetts Department of Children and Families offices and social workers with a contact person at participating cultural organizations in their region.
Reflecting on the outstanding craft artists we’ve brought to the Lowell Folk Festival over the years.
2021 Cultural Facilities Fund Awards Announced by Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment
Unrestricted general operating grants for Massachusetts-based, nonprofit cultural organizations with year-round operations offering public programming in the arts, humanities, or sciences. Grant amounts start at $6,000.
FY23 Cultural Facilities Fund Application Now Open
STARS Residencies offer space for students to explore and create
Discussing the history and customs of Thanksgiving and Christmas to recent immigrants
Massachusetts’ creative individuals continue facing dramatic financial losses.
Four approaches small cultural nonprofits use to break out of a scarcity mentality and deliver a strong case for support.
A homeless man is curled up asleep on the grate by the theater. He’s there every night. Addicts hang out in the alley by the stage door. Theatergoers look away as they pass, annoyed by the intrusion on their lovely evening. Mandy Precious works at the theater. She doesn’t look away. She invites them in.
Today the state Legislature approved a final budget for the new fiscal year that boosts funding for the arts, humanities, and sciences through Mass Cultural Council by $2 million.
SMU DataArts 2023 data ranks Massachusetts as #3 in the nation for state vibrancy
The MassDevelopment Board of Directors has approved $9.27 million in new grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF), a state program that provides capital and planning grants to nonprofits, colleges, and municipalities that own or operate facilities primarily focused on the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Simone Early and Robert L. Price now serve on the governing body of Mass Cultural Council.
These 85 funded programs span a broad range of organizations and disciplines across the Commonwealth
A growing network of organizations that fully embrace accessibility systems and ideals, part of the Universal Participation Initiative.
An example of how we linked traditional artists with opportunities to perform or demonstrate at institutions of higher education.
Grants of $5,000 for school-based projects that foster creative learning experiences in the arts, sciences, and humanities for K-12 students
