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Advocacy Action Center
Governor's Budget Calls for $9.2 Million
for MCC
(2/25/12) Governor Deval Patrick today released a proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year that calls for $9.2 million for arts and cultural funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).
The Governor's fiscal year 2013 recommendation for the MCC represents
level funding for the agency... See
the full release.
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New Year - New Data to Make the Case for Arts & Culture
(1/19/12) At our recent planning forums many of you asked for
timely data on the impact of arts and culture in our communities.
To that end, we’re starting off 2012 with three pieces of great
new information:
Together,
this information will help our sector tell a more compelling
story to elected officials, donors, and the general public about
why the arts, humanities and sciences are worth their investment.
It comes as MCC begins another challenging state budget process: Next week Governor Deval Patrick will release his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013, which begins July 1.
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2011: A Great Year for MA Arts & Cultural Advocacy
(12/21/11)
Dear Colleagues,
On Dec. 13 we concluded our regional conversations about
MCC’s next five-year plan at a meeting at the headquarters of
our partners, the Boston Foundation. The response we received
there, and at meetings in New Bedford, Pittsfield, and Worcester,
reminded us all why MCC’s future matters: so that it is there
to support the incredible work you do every day in communities
across the Commonwealth.
Together, we accomplished much in 2011. Among the highlights:
- We celebrated some of our exceptional colleagues at an
inspiring Commonwealth Awards ceremony at the State House.
- We prevented further budget cuts by convincing the Governor
and Legislature to restore funding for the nationally renowned
Adams Arts Program for the Creative Economy.
- We made sure our elected leaders recognized the impact
of casinos on our nonprofit cultural organizations.
- We invested another $7.4 million in our sector through
the Cultural Facilities Fund.
- We launched the Cultural Districts Initiative to give
communities new tools to strengthen local economies by focusing
on culturally rich downtowns and neighborhoods.
With the economy slowly improving and state finances rebounding,
2012 holds great promise for advancing our work further.
We’ll toast our latest round of Artist Fellows Jan. 19,
then celebrate our dedicated network of Local Cultural Council
volunteers at the State House Feb. 8. We’ll work to get more arts,
history, and science in our schools through our STARS Residencies
(see below), and begin the annual fight to restore funding for
our core grant programs in the coming fiscal year. We’ll announce
our first state Cultural Districts. And we’ll help launch a new
statewide cultural advocacy organization, MassCreative.
In the meantime, on behalf of the Board and Staff of MCC,
I wish you all a joyous holiday season. Thank you for all that
you do!
Anita Walker
Executive Director
Massachusetts Cultural Council
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Learn more about your state elected officials
Who are they? What are their priorities? How can arts and
culture help them achieve their public policy goals?
Contact MCC's Greg
Liakos or Neluka
Levy to share your stories of how arts and culture are making
your community a better place, or to request information or assistance.
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