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Beyond the Commonwealth
Welcome Amy Chu & Tom Luongo
10.18.2021 Ann Petruccelli Moon, Special Assistant to the Executive Director & Leadership Team Amy Chu (left) and Tom Luongo (right), Mass Cultural Council’s newest staff members. Mass Cultural Council welcomed Amy Chu and Thomas (Tom) Luongo as its newest staff...
State Legislature Recognizes October 2021 as National Arts & Humanities Month
10.18.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Joint Resolution from the Massachusetts State Legislature celebrating October 2021 as National Arts and Humanities Month. Every year we proudly join cultural sector stakeholders in celebrating National Arts &...
Westborough Center Pastimes – October 15, 2021
A squirrel and my dog playing, “How close can I get?” Squirrels We liken our backyard deck to a treehouse, because it sits atop a walk-out basement and overlooks a wooded hill in such a way that the deck is positioned right at the canopy level of the trees. From this...
Making the Invisible Visible: Neurodiversity and the Workplace
By Richard Josey, Collective Journeys LLC and Chair of AASLH’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” — Maya Angelou Today, revisiting Maya Angelou’s quote prompts me to consider: do you...
Meeting Mentors at #AASLH2021
By Michelle Lopez, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN As one of the recipients of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals to attend the 2021 AASLH Annual Meeting, I was able to connect with museum professionals in-person after only...
UP Initiative: Approaching Intersectional Access
10.14.2021 Charles G. Baldwin, Program Officer Innovation Learning Network | UP Designation A Garden within Reach at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Photo: Troy B. Thompson Photography. Mass Cultural Council’s Universal Participation (UP) Initiative stewards design...
IMLS “Inspire!” Grant Awarded
We are so pleased to announce that we have been awarded $39,236 from the Institute of Museum & Library Services “Inspire! Grants for Small Museums” to digitize and rehouse 1,352 objects in our collection. This project includes complete removal, inventory,...
Adventures in Woodworking Part One: Green Wood
Oct 13, 2021Mellon Conservation Fellow Karen Bishop shares her process for creating a replica of a seventeenth-century carved drawer and box. A recent project in the conservation lab showcases one of the ways Historic New England’s Mellon Conservation Fellows gain...
Support the permanent protection of H. H. Richardson and J. C. Olmsted homes
Oct 12, 2021J. C. Olmsted Home, Warren Street, Brookline, Mass. For more than twenty years, preservation groups, architects, historians, and community members have worked to ensure a long-term future for the home and office of renowned architect H. H. Richardson in...
Episode 313: Mike Duncan, The Marquis de Lafayette
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/313_Duncan.mp3 You know “America’s favorite fighting Frenchman” is the Marquis de Lafayette. But what do you know about Lafayette and his life? How and why did this French-born noble end up fighting in the American...
$6.3M in Operating Support Awarded to 345 Cultural Nonprofits
10.07.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Cultural Investment Portfolio Farm-Based Education Network doing an education program at Berkshire Botanical Garden. A key goal of Mass Cultural Council’s FY18-23 Strategic Plan is to make targeted investments into...
Video: Climate resiliency at Historic New England
Video: Climate resiliency at Historic New England | Historic New England Oct 6, 2021Historic New England factors the increasing threat of climate change into its plans to preserve historic properties. In the video below, Team Leader for Property Care Ben Haavik speaks...
A High School Teacher’s Experience at #AASLH2021
By Adda M. Santos, Somerville High School, Somerville, MA Attending the AASLH Annual Conference in Little Rock was an amazing experience! From the time I arrived in Little Rock to the time I left, I felt it was a privilege to be there. This year I was a...
Multi-Year Creative Youth Development Grants Available through YouthReach
10.05.2021 Erik Holmgren, Program Manager Creative Youth Development Clubhouse-to-Career interns at The Flagship Clubhouse in Roxbury in August 2021. Photo credit: Susan Klimczak. We are pleased to announce that Mass Cultural Council will be accepting applications for...
10 Tips to Make the Most of #AASLH2021 Online
By Alex Collins, Professional Development Manager, AASLH It’s almost that time! Time to gather virtually for the 2021 AASLH Online Conference. Though we were excited to see many of you in Little Rock a couple of weeks ago, we are so happy to join you in another...
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