by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 15, 2021 | History News, The Profession
12.15.2021 Dan Blask, Program Officer Artist Fellowships Saira Wasim (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow ’20), REST IS HISTORY (2017), paper cut collage, ink and gouache on wasli paper, 28.5x26x2 in. Mass Cultural Council believes artists are at the heart of our rich...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 15, 2021 | History News, The Profession
12.15.2021 Lisa Simmons, Program Manager Festivals Dragonfly Festival of Ashland (2019) Festivals bring joyfulness to our lives and strengthen our sense of community. They are a perfect way to celebrate heritage, culture, and traditions, to entertain through music and...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 14, 2021 | History News, The Profession
12.14.2021 Diane Daily, Program Manager STARS Residencies Residency with Cambodian ceramicist Yary Livan at the Joseph G. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. Although schools still face pandemic-related challenges, teaching artists, scientists, and scholars continue to...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 8, 2021 | History News, The Profession
12.08.2021 Käthe Swaback. Program Officer CultureRx Urbanity Dance, part of the Social Prescription Pilot Cohort, reported one of their students who had been struggling with recovery from COVID-19, streamed a dance class from their hospital bed for weeks. That student...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 6, 2021 | History News, The Profession
12.06.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Last week the legislative conference committee tasked with ironing-out any differences between the final House and Senate ARPA spending plan bills released its report: H. 4269, An Act relative to immediate...