by American Association for State and Local History | Dec 11, 2024 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Andrea Jones, Director, History Leadership InstituteWith Nicole Martinez LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Curator, Indiana Historical SocietyDoes our daily grind stand in the way of creating necessary change in the field of public history? With the constant Zoom...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 11, 2024 | History News, The Profession
12.11.2024 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Budget Mass Cultural Council, the Commonwealth’s independent state arts agency, is primarily funded each year through the Commonwealth’s General Appropriations Act, often referred to as the annual state...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 10, 2024 | History News, The Profession
12.10.2024 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Yvonne Hao, Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development and member of our governing Council, speaks at a ceremonial bill signing event for the Mass Leads Act in Cambridge. In March Governor...
by American Association for State and Local History | Dec 9, 2024 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Joan H. Baldwin Decades ago, when I was offered my first job as a county historical society director, I felt like the saint of neglected objects. I worked in the proverbial privileged, white person, helping a wealth of things speak in new ways. Along the way, I’d...
by Mass Humaities | Dec 9, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
“Legacies: Stories of Black History in the 413” premieres Dec. 12 on NEPM TV. Black art, history, faith, and culture converge in a new three-part documentary series exploring the Black experience in western Massachusetts. “Legacies: Stories of Black History in the...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 6, 2024 | History News, The Profession
12.06.2024 Jay Paget, Program Director Artist Space | Mass Cultural Facilities Fund Mother Brook Art & Community Center, Dedham (former Avery School) Mass Cultural Council has a suite of resources to help with the acquisition, design, and build-out of creative...
