After ten years of fostering urban renewal through the arts, Storefront Artist Project (SAP) will be closing up shop. SAP was orginally founded with the mission of filling empty storefronts and forging a community of artists, entrepreneurs, businesses, [...]
Yesterday Governor Deval Patrick signed a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year that restores $750,000 to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for its Adams Arts Program for the Creative Economy. The Governor’s decision followed vigorous [...]
Grant to MassINC puts the arts at center of economic development strategies for state’s network of older, industrial cities. The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) will join MassINC in an expanded effort to use arts [...]
Van W. Shields will step into leadership role in mid-September The Trustees of Berkshire Museum announce the appointment of Van W. Shields as executive director, effective September 12, 2011. Shields comes to Berkshire Museum with [...]
MCC RELEASES $6.5M FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES But Budget Cut Forces Agency to Suspend Grants in Adams Arts Program, Seek Supplemental Appropriation Springfield, MA – Yesterday the board of the [...]
Yesterday, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the inaugural round of “Our Town” funding, totaling $6.575 million in grants to 51 communities in 34 states that have created public-private partnerships to strengthen the [...]
By Dick Lindsay Monday July 11, 2011 PITTSFIELD — The City Council will consider endorsement of Pittsfield’s downtown as one of the state’s first cultural districts — a designation that could enhance the city’s status [...]
(May 2011)-On May 19 and 20, 2011, Berkshire Creative of Berkshire County, MA and the New England Foundation for the Arts of Boston, MA, co-hosted the Creative Communities Exchange-a major regional event highlighting successful creative [...]
Pittsfield, MA, April 28, 2011—The board of directors of 1Berkshire, Inc. today announced that Stuart A. Chase will join the organization as its Chief Executive Officer. Chase will provide 1Berkshire and its affiliates, the Berkshire [...]
(Boston, MA) – The House Ways & Means Committee has released a proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year that would significantly cut support for the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Massachusetts Cultural [...]
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