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Grant provides funds to support education programs for Roseland Cottage
Grant provides funds to support education programs for Roseland Cottage | Historic New England Jan 18, 2022CT Humanities Board of Directors has approved a $5,000 grant for Historic New England’s Roseland Cottage as part of the CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants...
Episode 320: Ben Franklin’s London House
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/320_BF_House_London.mp3 Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, to Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin. Although Franklin began his life as the youngest son of a youngest son, he traveled through many...
Mass Cultural Council Seeks Public Input on COVID Relief Programs
01.11.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Commonwealth’s ARPA Spending Plan includes $60M for New Cultural Sector Grants Two people talking at a Mass Cultural Council convening in 2019. ©Scott Erb and Donna Dufault Mass Cultural Council will convene...
Smithsonian Sites Announced for 2022
Six communities selected for traveling exhibit on changes in rural America. The Smithsonian is coming to small towns in Massachusetts. Through a partnership with the world’s largest museum complex, Mass Humanities selected six local organizations to host...
$1,500 Grants Available for Spring/Summer Festivals
01.10.2022 Lisa Simmons, Program Manager Festivals A still from Martin & the Magical Forest, screening as part of the Belmont World Film’s 19th Annual Family Festival which runs January 14-23, 2022. At Mass Cultural Council, we recognize that festivals celebrate...
“The Blessed Plant,” the Power of Cassava
Jan 10, 2022More Than A Market Update Walk through most market or grocery stores, and you’ll find a variety of chips and crackers marketed as grain or gluten free. That is thanks to cassava. Even if you haven’t tried these tasty alternatives, you may have consumed...
Impact of the Fund 2021
01.07.2022 Miranda Cook, Program Officer Mass Cultural Facilities Fund Cover of the Cultural Facilities Fund FY21 Annual Report In FY21, the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) invested $9.1 million in the planning and development of cultural buildings...
Westborough Historical Society Program: “Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic”
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7pm on Zoom, the Westborough Historical Society will present their Civic Club Lecture: “Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID,” by Professor Ben Railton, Professor of English and American Studies at Fitchburg State...
Creative Youth Development Organizations Carrying Community Through COVID
01.06.2022 Erik Holmgren, Program Manager COVID-19 | Creative Youth Development | YouthReach Youth artists with Express Yourself stand by their creations. “Art has the potential to change the world. Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, to...
Episode 319: Cuba, An Early American History
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/319_Ferrar_1.mp3 One of the Caribbean islands that Christopher Columbus stopped at during his 1492-voyage was an alligator-shaped island that sits at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico in between the Yucatán and Florida...
Adventures in Woodworking Part Two: Decorative Carving and Sliding Dovetails
Adventures in Woodworking Part Two: Decorative Carving and Sliding Dovetails | Historic New England Dec 21, 2021Mellon Conservation Fellow Karen Bishop shares her process for creating a replica of a seventeenth-century carved drawer and box. The project is a great...
Episode 318: Ste Genevieve National Historical Park
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/318_Ste_Genevieve_NPS_v3.mp3 About 620 miles north of New Orleans and 62 miles south of St. Louis, sits the town of Ste. Geneviéve, Missouri. Established in 1750 by the French, Ste. Geneviéve reveals much about what...
Westborough Center Pastimes – December 17, 2021
First Christmas Eve – A Vision of the Future, from Puck magazine, 1896 (Library of Congress) The Importance of Ritual We are deep into the holiday season, and as we continue to plan our parties and family gatherings, purchase gifts to exchange with loved ones, and...
BIPOC Outreach Coordinators Working to Connect with Cultural Community
12.16.2021 Cheyenne Cohn-Postell, Program Officer Diversity Equity and Inclusion Mass Cultural Council’s recently launched Racial Equity Plan aims to expand the Agency’s mandated support to under-invested communities. But as programs and resources grow, they need to...
Artist Fellowships Available in Drawing & Printmaking, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, Painting
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...
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