October 27, 2011 — More than 8,000 arts and cultural nonprofits in Massachusetts, which employ 27,100 people, spend $2.1 billion annually and generate another $2.5 billion of economic activity across the state, according to a [...]
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 [...]
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — One of the county’s biggest tourist attractions revealed its plans for a massive expansion that is expected to boost the local economy. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute announced a $145 [...]
Experienced leader charged with creating jobs, growing $1 billion industry Berkshire County, MA – Thursday, September 22, 2011 – Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki today appointed Helena Fruscio, an experienced creative [...]
In August, as you know, the board of the Massachusetts Cultural Council voted to suspend grantmaking for the Adams Program in fiscal year 2012 – but also to seek a supplemental state appropriation of $750,000 [...]
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 [...]
North Carolina’s HandMade in America by Christy Crytzer Pierce In an era of mass-manufactured products and outside corporate development, the Western North Carolina region, located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, has taken economic direction [...]
Washington, DC – Cultural industries are economic powerhouses and states have the data to prove it, according to a new analysis from the National Endowment for the Arts. Drawing on data from the Bureau of [...]
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 [...]
On May 19 and 20, Berkshire Creative and NEFA (The New England Foundation for the Arts) co-hosted the Creative Communities Exchange at MASS MoCA in North Adams. Over 220 attendees from New England and beyond [...]
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