Artists, cultural workers, and cultural organizations: Please report economic effects of the pandemic by April 15 One year ago, Mass Cultural Council reported devastating economic impacts from COVID-19 pandemic polices – millions in revenue and personal income lost, and tens of thousands of sector jobs impacted and gigs cancelled – as reported by Massachusetts artists … [Read more...]
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We’re Mass Cultural Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq_wqgBr7oE Mass Cultural Council worked with Latino and Medford-based filmmaker Gonzalo Veloz, also known as "Gonz," on the video embedded above these words. In case you don't know Mass Cultural Council yet, it's a quick introduction into who we are and what we do. The text from the video is as follows: "Mass Cultural Council is your … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Seeks Public Input on COVID Relief Programs
Seeking Public Input on COVID Relief Programs Mass Cultural Council will convene a virtual Public Input Session on January 24, 2022, from 4-6pm, to solicit public comment on how the $60 million in the state’s ARPA spending plan to aid artists and cultural organizations with pandemic recovery should be utilized and invested. The Agency is seeking feedback from all … [Read more...]
Chipping Away at Artist Opportunities
Call to Action: Email your State Senator today - urge them to co-sponsor Amendment #49 to include artists and increase the level of investment Artists, cultural organizations, and cultural sector stakeholders have 125 million reasons to email their State Senator today to urge them to support and co-sponsor Senator Kennedy’s Amendment #49. Our advocacy partner, MASSCreative, has … [Read more...]
Artists Call to Action
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 Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs, a $3.67 billion spending plan investing federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and FY21 state revenue surplus funds … [Read more...]