Funded Projects 2012
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CAPITAL GRANTS
Joy of Music Program, Inc., Worcester
Water Drainage Improvements
Grant: $107,500
About the Facility: A former
nursing home built in 1961, the Joy of Music Program's facility
is a one-story building that provides the school with program
space including private lesson studios, large ensemble rooms,
offices, and a Recital Hall. A wooded area on a hill behind the
building consistently sends rain water toward the facility and
has created ongoing water damage issues.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Funded awarded
the Joy of Music Program $107,500 for replacing a collapsed storm
water drainage system and re-grading parking lot to keep water
away from the building.
Worcester Center for Performing Arts, Worcester
HVAC Improvements for Hanover Theatre
Grant: $14,839
About the Facility: The Hanover Theatre for the Performing
Arts, located in the heart of downtown Worcester, is a 2,300-seat
performing arts center presenting a wide variety of world-class
performances. The theatre was fully restored in March 2008 and
has welcomed over 650,000 patrons.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the
Worcester Center for Performing Arts $14,839 for improving the
auditorium's HVAC system to reduce energy usage and installation
of an HVAC system in the box office to improve the work environment
for employees.
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester
Grant: $18,500
Scope of Project: Design work to inform options
for a new accessible entrance, increased gallery space as well
as financial feasibility analysis.
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Greater Boston
CAPITAL GRANTS
Berklee College of Music, Boston
Berklee Performance Center Accessible Bathrooms
Grant: $175,000
About the Facility: Owned and operated by Berklee College of Music, the Berklee Performance Center is located in Boston's Back Bay. Showcasing more than 200 events each year, the center is both the college's flagship performance space and one of Boston's most prestigious concert halls.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Berklee College of Music $175,000 for a bathroom expansion to increase the number of bathroom facilities from six to twenty in the 1,215-seat venue.
The Boston Conservatory, Boston
Renovation of Performance Space, Seully Hall
Grant: $106,375
About the Facility: Seully Hall is the Boston Conservatory's only large concert hall. Originally designed for the Boston Medical Library, 8 The Fenway (a classic Beaux-Arts structure) was completed in 1900 and purchased by the Boston Conservatory in 1965.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Boston Conservatory $106,375 for the renovation and restoration of historic Seully Hall, a public performance venue.
The Bostonian Society, Boston
Exterior Preservation of the Old State House
Grant: $75,000
About the Facility: Built in 1713, the Old State House is the oldest public building in Boston; a national, state and local landmark; and a major destination on the Freedom Trail.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Bostonian Society $75,000 for brick repointing and window repairs to preserve facility's appearance and restore its stability due to environmental and age-related deterioration issues.
Brookline Arts Center, Brookline
Renovation of Ceramics Studio
Grant: $38,000
About the Facility: Built as Brookline Firehouse #3 in 1886, the Brookline Arts Center took over and opened its first classes on the premises in 1968. As many as 5 classes are housed simultaneously in its studio classrooms, the gallery spaces are open 5 days a week, and classes are offered 6 days a week.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Brookline Arts Center $38,000 for the expansion and renovation of the ceramics studio classroom and kiln room.
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Inc., Boston
Mobile Stage Purchase
Grant: $36,250
About the Facility: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's summer productions are staged annually on Boston Common, which is publicly-owned land. At this point, the majority of the stage equipment, including the deck of the stage, lighting equipment, sound equipment, and the trussing for light and sound equipment, is rented from local staging supplies rental companies.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company $36,250 for the purchase of a mobile staging system. This equipment will replace equipment that is rented every year to construct an open-air theater on the Boston Common.
Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, Inc., Brookline
Digital Cinema Projection System
Grant: $55,750
About the Facility: Coolidge Corner Theatre is housed in a 1906 Romanesque revival structure, formally used as a church and renovated into an Art Deco theater. After being put up for sale in 1988 in the face of significant multiplex competition, the facility was saved by a grassroots community campaign and a benefactor who purchased the building and established the nonprofit organization to operate this movie house.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Coolidge Corner Theatre $55,750 for fixtures related to the upgrade of the projection and sound systems to meet new digital film exhibition standards.
Gore Place Society, Inc., Waltham
Restoration of Carriage House
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: Gore Place is a historic site dedicated to the American statesman Christopher Gore, the 7th elected Governor of Massachusetts. Gore Place includes an 1806 Gore mansion, a 1793 Gore carriage house, and 45 acres of lawns, gardens and historic farmland.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Gore Place Society $250,000 for the stabilization and restoration of the 1793 Gore Place carriage house including a new roof, gutters, drains, exterior repairs and painting as well as a new foundation, moving the building to this new foundation, and landscaping.
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
New Construction of Art Museum
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The Harvard Art Museums' building at 32 Quincy Street nearby Harvard Square housed temporary and permanent exhibition space, curatorial and administrative offices, education spaces, the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, and two object-based study centers. The original 1927 building has not been significantly updated or enhanced in over 80 years, and its structures and systems are in desperate need of significant upgrading, repair, and replacement.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Harvard Art Museums $250,000 for the renovation and construction of a landmark addition to the 32 Quincy Street facility that will unite the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums and improve and expand access to their important art collections for academic and general audiences.
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, Boston
Accessibility and Renovation Improvements
Grant: $150,573
About the Facility: The Villa Victoria Center for the Arts at Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) is dedicated to promoting contemporary and traditional Latino art, including dance, music, poetry, theater, and visual art. The center includes the 450-seat Jorge Hernandez performance hall, a gallery, classrooms, and an outdoor amphitheater.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) for the improvement of disability access, installation of a sound system, repair of basement floor and foundation and structural envelope analysis.
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Inc., Boston
Sound and Video System Improvements
Grant: $11,568
About the Facility: Each year, the Lyric Stage presents seven full-scale professional theater productions in its 240-seat, YWCA-owned facility. The building, originally constructed in 1926, has protected historical architectural status, although this does not apply to the theatre itself. In 1991, the Lyric Stage raised approximately $1 million to renovate an auditorium space into a functional theatre, and opened its doors to the public at this location in 1992.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund
awarded the Lyric Stage Company $11,568 for fixtures related to
the upgrade and replacement of sound, communications and video
systems.
Massachusetts College of Art Foundation, Boston
Expansion of Bakalar & Paine Galleries
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The Bakalar & Paine Galleries facility consists of 10,164 square feet of exhibition, office, and storage spaces in South Hall of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Originally part of Boston Normal School, the three-story building was constructed in 1905-06 and has undergone only minor renovations since.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Massachusetts College of Art $250,000 for the expansion and renovations to the Bakalar & Paine Galleries, the largest free contemporary art space in the region.
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Boston
Elevator Replacement
Grant: $37,500
About the Facility: First opened to the public in 1876, the Museum of Fine Arts is one of the world's largest privately supported encyclopedic art museums. The proposed elevator project will be carried out in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, a newly-renovated, 80,000 square foot space located on the west side of the Museum. Over 250 works of mixed-media art are displayed in the wing.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, $37,500 for the replacement of an elevator in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Upon completion, this project will increase accessibility and improve the visitor experience.
New England Aquarium, Boston
Giant Ocean Tank Renovation
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The New England Aquarium opened in 1969 on Boston's Central Wharf. Within the main hall, the Giant Ocean Tank (GOT) is the first exhibit visitors notice upon entering and remains in view for much of their stay. This 200,000 gallon cylindrical tank houses more than 600 animals.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the New England Aquarium $250,000 for the renovation of the Giant Ocean Tank exhibit into a new experience for visitors. Key components are a new reef structure; new elevator and ramp; replacement of windows; a new domed ceiling; and a learning space.
North Bennet Street School, Boston
Acquisition of New Site
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: Since its founding, North Bennet Street School has called 39 North Bennet Street its home, occupying a main building and three adjoining townhouses. The building's electrical, mechanical and ventilation systems are out of date and insufficient to meet the needs of the programs. Administrative offices are located on three separate floors of three separate buildings, with three departments inaccessible to wheelchair users. There is no space large enough for a group of over 20 to gather, much less for the school to meet as a whole.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the North Bennet Street School $250,000 for site acquisition of 152 - 174 North Street, Boston, for consolidation into a single facility designed to meet the current and future programmatic needs of the school and its public programs.
Old North Foundation of Boston, Boston
Old North Church Maintenance
Grant: $137,500
About the Facility: Christ Church in the City of Boston, commonly known as Old North Church, is Boston's most visited historic site (at over 500,000 visitors each year). Popularized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Paul Revere's Ride, the Old North has also become an iconic cultural symbol for the principles and ideals of the American Revolution for American and international visitors alike.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Old North Foundation of Boston $137,500 for masonry repair and maintenance work to brick walls, stairways and historic structures and to repaint the Old North Church steeple.
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Boston Center for the Arts, Inc., Boston
Grant: $30,000
Scope of Project: Engineers and architects will determine the structural integrity of the Artist Studios Building and the adjoining Plaza for future upgrades and improvements.
Fort Point
Arts Community, Inc., Boston
Grant: $20,000
Scope of Project: Planning and cost estimates for expansion to a full-fledged community arts center, store, event space and gallery.
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CAPITAL GRANTS
Concord Museum, Concord
Roof Repair
Grant: $83,300
About the Facility: The three-story Concord Museum building, built in 1930 with a 1991 Graham Gund-designed addition, displays the Museum's collection of 17th, 18th and 19th century Americana objects.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Concord Museum $83,300 for replacement of the leaking slate roof of the 1930 building, rebuilding four damaged chimneys, and undertaking other exterior repairs that are urgently needed to preserve the museum's permanent collection.
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Natick
Saltonstall Nature Center Renovations
Grant: $185,000
About the Facility: Converted from an antique horse barn and renovated in 1983, the Saltonstall Nature Center at Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick uses a variety of environment friendly materials and employs renewable resources as natural energy. This Nature Center was Mass Audubon's first green building and has been used to showcase the effective use of renewable energy for almost three decades.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Massachusetts Audubon Society $185,000 for renovations that include improving accessibility to the building, upgrading the facility's "green" elements, and renovating program space to meet growing demand.
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham
Grant: $30,000
Scope of Project: Audience testing for a new location and design planning for exhibitions in a former school building in Framingham.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln
Grant: $30,000
Scope of Project: Facilities and landscape master planning to evaluate visitor approach, admission, navigation, amenities and support.
SYSTEMS REPLACEMENT PLAN GRANTS
The Center
for the Arts in Natick, Natick
Grant: $7,000
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Northeast
CAPITAL GRANTS
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester
Safety System and HVAC Repair
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The Museum acquired its first permanent headquarters, the Captain Elias Davis House (1804), in 1926. The Museum began its most extensive expansion program in the late 1980s when it bought an adjacent brick building. Graham Gund Architects developed a renovation plan for converting four existing spaces within this building into galleries, a library/archive, and public restroom facilities.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded $250,000 for a new HVAC system; sprinkler systems in older galleries; fire detection and expand burglary systems in 1804 historic house; electrical work for updated lighting system.
Historic New England, Newbury
Water Drainage System
Grant: $144,000
About the Facility: The Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury, one of the nation's most important surviving 17th-century buildings with related landscapes and collections, is a premier museum of Historic New England. A visitors center attached to the original carriage barn opened in 2001, and features an orientation exhibit, changing exhibit space, a gift shop and a fully-equipped programming space designed for educational programs and community use.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded $144,000 for an advanced drainage project to mitigate persistent flooding threatening the museum and historic site that includes a 1690 manor house, a visitors center and a 1775 barn.
The House of the Seven Gables, Salem
Structural and HVAC Maintenance
Grant: $150,000
About the Facility: The House of Seven Gables Museum is now a collection of seven buildings located on a single campus in Salem, MA along the shores of the Salem Harbor within Salem's Derby Street Historic District. A Campus Plan Report was recently completed detailing the required maintenance on each of the buildings that comprise the House of Seven Gables Museum campus, some of which has been deferred for a number of years and has become critical in nature.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the House of Seven Gables $150,000 for clapboard replacement, window repair, HVAC replacement, roofs and downspouts repair, and plumbing and bathroom upgrades.
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
Structural Improvements to Heard House
Grant: $28,545
About the Facility: The Heard House, built in 1800, is open to the public seasonally, where visitors may enjoy its architectural features and a wonderful collection of Chinese artifacts, Chinese and American portraits, textiles, toys and 19th century works of art by the "Ipswich Painters" and Arthur Wesley Dow. The Heard House also houses the Museum's education center and meeting space as well as the Museum's offices.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Ipswich Museum $28,545 for structural improvements damaged by poor drainage, making primary entrance and bathrooms accessible, and window repair.
Marblehead Little Theatre, Inc., Marblehead
Bathroom Construction
Grant: $13,750
About the Facility: Marblehead Little Theatre has offered performances, film screenings, and educational programming since 2005 in its Firehouse Theatre. Between 2000 and 2011 MLT completely gutted and renovated the 6,980 square foot facility - with a lot of volunteer sweat equity and $1.5 million raised from the community, through grants, as well as surpluses generated by the organization's productions and programs.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Marblehead Little Theatre $13,750 for construction of a second floor bathroom.
Sargent-Murray-Gilman-Hough House Association, Gloucester
Structural Maintenance
Grant: $20,875
About the Facility: The Sargent House Museum is dedicated to the history of Judith Sargent Murray, the first advocate for equal education for women. The original portion of the building was constructed in 1782 and is a unique example of Georgian architecture.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Sargent-Murray-Gilman-Hough House $20,875 for masonry repairs and the replacement of a deteriorated fence facing Gloucester's Main Street.
Wenham Museum, Wenham
HVAC Replacement
Grant: $16,875
About the Facility: The Wenham Museum comprises the 17th-century Claflin-Richards House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, connected to a modern building (built in 1997) with approximately 7,400 square feet of exhibition space. The facility also includes collections storage, dedicated program space, visitor services space, as well as office and library space. The Wenham Museum serves approximately 35,000 adults and children annually.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Wenham Museum $16,875 for the replacement of two HVAC units and their corresponding humidifying units.
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Cultural Organization
of Lowell, Lowell
Grant: $30,000
Scope of Project: To test the feasibility of adapting and renovating Lowell's Smith-Baker auditorium into a community arts center and performance space.
SYSTEMS REPLACEMENT PLAN GRANTS
The Firehouse Center
for the Arts, Newburyport
Grant: $7,000
Gloucester
Writers Center, Inc., Gloucester
Grant: $7,000
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Southeast
CAPITAL GRANTS
Thornton W. Burgess Society, East Sandwich
Expansion of Gift Shop and Kitchen
Grant: $17,233
About the Facility: The Thornton W. Burgess Society promotes an appreciation for nature through its educational programming at the historic Thornton W. Burgess Museum and the Green Briar Nature Center, which are surrounded by nature trails and a wild flower garden. All proceeds from gift shop and kitchen sales go to support the society's science education programs on Cape Cod.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Thornton W. Burgess Society $17,233 to renovate and expand the nature center's gift shop. The work includes electrical, HVAC and improvement of handicapped access and parking.
Centerville Public Library Association, Centerville
Renovation and Expansion of Library
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The Centerville Public Library is the busiest of the seven village libraries in the Town of Barnstable on Cape Cod. Library usage during the summer months increases by as much as 50%. The library building, with 5,000 square feet of public and staff space on the main level and 2,500 square feet of inaccessible space in the basement is drastically undersized according to current library building standards.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Centerville Public Library Association $250,000 for renovation and expansion to include a new reading room, elevator, bookstore, outdoor patio space, accessible restrooms and storage.
The Company Theatre, Inc., Norwell
Theatre Seating and Lighting
Grant: $67,000
About the Facility: The Company Theatre's main theatre was built in 1981 and houses a 360 seat proscenium stage theatre, lobby and box office, scene shop, rehearsal and office space. The current lighting system dates back to the 1980s and the constant breakage of existing seating results in seats being unavailable for performance.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Company Theatre $67,000 for the replacement of 360 theater seats, lighting and sound system equipment.
Falmouth Artists Guild, Inc., Falmouth
Lower Level Expansion of Art Center
Grant: $63,000
About the Facility: The Falmouth Artists Guild's Art Center's 4,350-square-foot first floor was finished in 2009. The building was designed so a lower level and a second floor could be finished in the future.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Falmouth Artists Guild $63,000 for expanding the lower level of the Art Center to include a kiln room plus two new studios for ceramics, jewelry, glass, printmaking and photography.
Falmouth Historical Society, Inc., Falmouth
Construction of Education Center
Grant: $100,000
About the Facility: The Falmouth Historical Society owns and operates Museums on the Green, a two-acre complex facing challenges with regard to deferred maintenance and visibility.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Falmouth Historical Society $100,000 for a new Education Center for community programs, exhibits, events and lectures. It will have handicap access, storage and bathrooms which are currently not available.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Provincetown
Historic Building Renovation
Grant: $125,000
About the Facility: The Fine Arts Work Center's main location is on a compound in the heart of Provincetown's historic district. In all, the Work Center has 30 residential units, which are used as living quarters for program participants, including visual artists and writers in FAWC's Fellowship Program, Summer Workshop Program faculty and students, MFA faculty and candidates, returning residents, and visiting artists and writers.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown $125,000 to renovate four historic buildings that are used to house program participants. The project will address safety, ADA, energy efficiency, and habitability issues.
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford
Construction of Education Center
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The construction project will create a 17,000 square foot, four-story Education Center and Research Library addition, contiguous to the Museum's National Register complex on Johnny Cake Hill in New Bedford. The modern addition will greatly enhance public access to the New Bedford Whaling Museum's resources: collections, library, staff, and the programming those resources make possible.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the $250,000 for construction of an Education Center to its existing complex, consolidating its Research Library and Archives and adding new space for education and public programming, exhibits, collections, research, and staff.
North River Arts Society, Inc., Marshfield Hills
Structural Replacement and Repair
Grant: $18,481
About the Facility: Built in 1734, the existing G.A.R. Hall has been by many organizations for many uses, including a church, a wheelwright shop, and a movie hall. The G.A.R. Hall has been leased from the Town of Marshfield by the North River Arts Society since 1978.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the North River Arts Society $18,481 for the installation of a new roof, hardwood floor repair and safety upgrades.
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, Provincetown
Stabilization of Pilgrim Monument
Grant: $250,000
About the Facility: The Pilgrim Monument was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Provincetown on November 21, 1620 and is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. Since it opened in 1910 it has attracted approximately 10 million visitors, nearly 90,000 visiting in 2010.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum $250,000 for renovation and repair to stabilize the structure and assure its continued use by residents and visitors for generations to come.
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro
Acquisition of Arts Education Building
Grant: $219,000
About the Facility: Snow's Farm, the historic property currently owned by and housing Castle Hill, consists of a cluster of buildings including a former windmill built in 1901 and a barn built in 1882. 12 Meetinghouse Road is situated in the midst of the campus and is a mixed-use building to be used for classrooms, a library, and housing for faculty.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Truro Center for the Arts $219,000 for the acquisition of a building located on the campus. The addition of the building will increase the organization's capacity to provide its arts education programs.
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Payomet Performing Arts
Charitable Trust, Truro
Grant: $7,500
Scope of Project: Prepare cost estimates and an operations plan for renovation of a 3,625 square foot building as a complement to an existing seasonal tent performance space.
SYSTEMS REPLACEMENT PLAN GRANTS
Mansfield Music and
Arts Society, Inc., Mansfield
Grant: $7,000
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CAPITAL GRANTS
Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Inc., Amherst
Digital Cinema Projection System
Grant: $75,000
About the Facility: Amherst Cinema Arts Center is a three-theater facility that is dedicated to presenting independent and documentary cinema, with theaters seating 186, 46 and 46 patrons respectively.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Amherst Cinema Arts Center $75,000 for fixtures for the purchase of new digital cinema projection systems.
The Berkshire Historical Society, Pittsfield
Structural Repair and HVAC Replacement
Grant: $37,951
About the Facility: Arrowhead, a 44-acre property that includes the home and farm of author Herman Melville, is operated as a museum by the Berkshire Historical Society. Built in 1790, it was a private home until 1975 and retains many features that don't translate well to a public building.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Berkshire Historical Society $37,951 to improve universal access to paths and restrooms and to repair driveway. The historic barn's siding will be repaired and re-stained. The house's 37-year old boiler will be replaced and system re-zoned.
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
Accessibility Improvements
Grant: $176,750
About the Facility: Located in the heart of downtown Pittsfield, the Berkshire Museum displays its fine art, history and natural science collections in a two-story Italian Renaissance revival building. The museum was constructed over 100 years ago and does not currently provide unassisted access to all floor levels for the public.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund awarded the Berkshire Museum $176,750 for the installation of a public elevator compliant with current accessibility codes and the installation of an interior accessibility ramp.
Images Cinema, Williamstown
Digital Cinema Projection System
Grant: $16,162
About the Facility: Since 1916, Images Cinema has screened film on 35mm film projectors. Over the past ten years, the film industry has established a standard for Digital Cinema exhibition and of the roughly 40,000 movie screens in North America, about 26,000 have converted to digital exhibition in expectation that the entire industry will be digital by the end of 2013.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded Images Cinema $16,162 to acquire fixtures for the installation of a studio-approved digital conversion system and sound upgrade.
Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, Hadley
Structural Repair
Grant: $15,875
About the Facility: The 1752 historic Porter-Phelps-Huntington house was listed on the National Register in 1973 and has been open to the public since 1949. It is surrounded by six acres of landscaped property including the historic North Garden, the 1930 Sunken Garden created when the 1782 Great Barn was removed to Hadley Center to become the Farm Museum, and over 21 acres of agricultural land running along the Connecticut River.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum $15,875 to repair the facility's western roofs, veranda joists, flooring, five 18th century window sashes, and one portico column, and to paint and hang ten restored shutters.
Sandisfield Arts & Restoration Committee, Sandisfield
Accessibility Improvements
Grant: $12,237
About the Facility: The Sandisfield Arts Center is located in the southern portion of Berkshire County and provides an intimate audience experience with a wide diversity of programs. The Sandisfield Arts Center is a former 1839 Baptist meetinghouse and Orthodox synagogue constructed in a vernacular Greek Revival style.
About the Project: The Cultural Facilities Fund has awarded the SandisfieId Arts & Recreation Committee $12,237 for the installation of a handicap accessible lift up to the main performance area now only accessible by stairs, as well as for light and sound equipment.
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Becket Arts
Center of the Hilltowns, Becket
Grant: $15,000
Scope of Project: A market analysis and operations plan to inform expanded programming and architectural design plans.
The
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
Grant: $25,000
Scope of Project: Preliminary design work and option analysis for installing fire suppression and HVAC upgrades.
City
of North Adams, North Adams
Grant: $30,000
Scope of Project: Operational and financial planning, plus early design development for the Mohawk Theater.
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