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$800K Awarded to Artists in Drawing & Printmaking, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
05.24.2022 Dan Blask, Program Manager Artist Fellowships David Antonio Cruz (Painting Fellow ’22), CANYOUSTAYWITHMETONIGHT_CAUSEYOUAREHERE_YOUAREHERE_ANDWEAREHEREWITHYOU (2021), oil, acrylic, ink, and wax pencil on wood panel, 60×96 in. Mass Cultural Council is...
Episode 329: Mark Tabbert, Freemasonry in Early America
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/329_Tabbert.mp3 This is an episode you’ve been waiting for! Mark Tabbert, the Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and the author of Almanac of American...
“Watch This Space: Expressions of Queer Ecology by Maine College of Art & Design Alumni” at Jewett House
"Watch This Space: Expressions of Queer Ecology by Maine College of Art & Design Alumni" at Jewett House | Historic New England May 20, 2022Painting by Mai Snow. Listening Mouth in Field, 2022 The exhibition is a collaboration between Historic New England and...
Westborough Center Pastimes – May 20, 2022
Permaculture Each year, I try to build my gardening skills by modestly improving my garden plot or by planting a new kind of vegetable. This spring I am upping my horticultural game by reading Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway. My...
Marilyn’s Dress and Museum Ethics
By Katie Stringer Clary, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC First things first: I am not a textiles conservator. I am a museum studies professor who has worked in museums for over a decade in a variety of roles including executive director and collections...
Statement on Mass Shooting in Buffalo
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) acknowledges the physical, emotional, and psychological impact that the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, NY, and the daily experience of racism have on African Americans and others in our...
Over $13M Awarded to 115 Cultural Facilities Projects Statewide
05.16.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Mass Cultural Facilities Fund | Press Release Cultural Facilities Fund supports capital and planning projects for cultural institutions A performance at the Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity. Today MassDevelopment...
Many Hands: Enslavement, Needlework, and a Will
May 13, 2022In object-based research, it is sometimes just as important to examine what is not shown as it is to observe and analyze the visible features of an object. I think of this as examining the “negative space” of a piece of material culture. The stories...
6 Principals for Cultural Organizations Ready to Launch an Equity Journey
05.12.2022 Cheyenne Cohn-Postell, Program Officer, Mass Cultural Council; and Mikey Murry, Black Cultural Storyteller & Education Strategist, UBUNTU Research and Evaluation Diversity Equity and Inclusion A guide to starting your organization’s transformative...
Survey Results from the History in Our Parks Task Force
By Tony Pierucci, Chair, History in Our Parks Task Force Thousands of history practitioners work for public parks agencies. The field of history within parks agencies is extraordinarily diverse and runs the gamut from small, city-operated historic house museums to...
Senate Ways & Means FY23 Budget Invests $22M into Cultural Sector
05.11.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Budget The budget building exercise for Fiscal Year 2023 continues on Beacon Hill, as the Senate Committee on Ways & Means unveiled its $49.68B FY23 spending plan for the Commonwealth on May 10. Mass Cultural...
Episode 328: Warren Milteer, Free People of Color in Early America
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/328_Milteer.mp3 We know from our explorations of early America that not all Americans were treated equally or enjoyed the freedoms and liberties other Americans enjoyed. Warren Milteer Jr., an Assistant Professor of...
FY23 Capital Spending Plan Invests $10M into Cultural Facilities Fund
05.09.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Mass Cultural Facilities Fund The Baker-Polito Administration released its FY23 Capital Spending Plan on May 5, 2022, investing $2.78 billion into the Commonwealth’s capital needs. Mass Cultural Council is...
$975,000 Awarded to 51 AAPI Organizations for Pandemic Recovery
05.03.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Legislatively-Mandated, One-Time Relief Program was Established by the MA House Asian Caucus Youth from Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy in Malden celebrate International Workers’ Day at a May Day march...
You’re Invited – Join us for our Open House
You're Invited - Join us for our Open House | Historic New England May 3, 2022On Saturday, June 4, Historic New England launches the spring-summer season with a region-wide Open House at thirty-five historic sites. From Maine to Rhode Island, come discover the many...
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