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Episode 333: Experiences of Revolution, Part 2: Disruptions in Yorktown
Senate ARPA Bill Invests $75M into Cultural Asset Recovery
11.04.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Email your State Senator today - urge them to co-sponsor Amendment #2 to include artists and increase the level of investment The Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways & Means has released S. 2564, An...
Introducing Our Cultural Equity & Access Initiatives Team
11.04.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Diversity Equity and Inclusion With the launch of our first-ever Racial Equity Plan, Mass Cultural Council is very pleased to announce the creation of a new Cultural Equity & Access Initiatives Team. Working...
Call for Papers: An Accessible Past: Making Historic Sites Accessible
By Heather Pressman, Molly Brown House Museum, Denver, CO History museums and historic sites are consistently the most visited type of museum, but what is the experience like for visitors with disabilities to a historic house or site? I’m the editor of An Accessible...
Putting Students on the Syllabus
An Interview with Gina Ocasion, Coordinator of the statewide Massachusetts Clemente Course and Academic Director of the Springfield Clemente Course By John Sieracki, Director of Development and Communications John Sieracki: Tell me about your childhood and experiences...
Maggie Holtzberg Elected American Folklore Society Fellow
11.02.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Folk Arts Congratulations to our own Maggie Holtzberg, the Agency’s Folk Arts & Heritage Program Manager, who has been elected to the Fellows of the American Folklore Society. In October, during the opening...
House Passes COVID Relief Bill, Directs $125M to Cultural Sector Recovery
11.01.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Late last week the state House of Representatives debated H. 4219, An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs, a $3.65 billion proposal to invest federal ARPA funds and state FY21 surplus tax...
Racial Equity Plan Launched
10.27.2021 Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director Diversity Equity and Inclusion Serving a Diverse Massachusetts Cover of Mass Cultural Council’s Racial Equity Plan, featuring a still image from the film Drip Like Coffee by Anaiis Cisco, 2021 Mass Cultural Council...
Why Racial Equity?
10.27.2021 Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director Diversity Equity and Inclusion A Personal Testimonial from the Executive Director 2nd grade school photo of Mass Cultural Council Executive Director Michael J. Bobbitt. “Little Michael Bobbitts” Growing up in the hood,...
Support Increased COVID Recovery Funding for Cultural Sector
Contact Your Representatives Today This week, the Massachusetts legislature weighs an important decision: how to allocate funds provided to the commonwealth by the American Rescue Plan. At Mass Humanities, we believe the cultural sector is a vital part of the recovery...
House ARPA Bill Invests $125M into Cultural Assets for Pandemic Relief
10.26.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Contact Your State Rep. Now. Urge Them to Co-Sponsor Amendment #109! Since the pandemic first hit Massachusetts in March 2020, Mass Cultural Council has collected impact data from artists and cultural...
Episode 314: Colin Calloway, Native Americans in Early American Cities
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/314_Calloway.mp3 Have you ever considered early American cities as places where Native Americans lived, worked, and visited? Native Americans often visited early American cities and port towns, especially the towns...
In Pursuit of Equity: Four Case Studies of State Arts Agencies
10.21.2021 Dawn Heinen, Digital Communications Manager Diversity Equity and Inclusion Cover art for In Pursuit of Equity: Four Case Studies of State Arts Agencies. “…Many state arts agencies are taking intentional actions to dismantle barriers to support and make...
Historic New England awards six Community Preservation Grants
Oct 20, 2021Each year, Historic New England awards one Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund Community Preservation Grant to a small to medium-size heritage preservation organization in each New England state. Bennington Museum in Vermont Historic New England is committed...
$1.25M Awarded to 12 Cultural Facilities Projects
10.20.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Mass Cultural Facilities Fund | Press Release 2022 Cultural Facilities Fund Applications Now Available Roundhouse at sunset. Photo: Friends of the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Today MassDevelopment and Mass Cultural...
History as Sustenance
How local organizations have sustained Massachusetts communities through the pandemic. Join the Bridge Street Friends of Mass Humanities for this Zoom panel conversation. Register below. Friday, November 19, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm The Bridge Street Fund was designed to...
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