Massachusetts Cultural Council Awards Over $51 Million In Cultural Sector Recovery Grants
On Wednesday, February 15 the Massachusetts Cultural Council celebrated a historic $51,063,360 public investment into the Commonwealth’s creative and cultural sector by announcing the 5,218 recipients of two pandemic recovery grant programs at the Massachusetts State House.
Joined by more than 300 grantees, legislators, community leaders, and cultural sector partners, the Massachusetts Cultural Council publicly recognized the 1,218 cultural organizations and 4,000 artists, creatives, culture bearers, and gig workers across Massachusetts who received awards from the one-time Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizations and Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Individuals programs.
State Senator Ed Kennedy delivers remarks to more than 300 grant recipients on Wednesday, February 15 as State Representative Dylan Fernandes looks on.Massachusetts Cultural Council Director and CEO Michael Bobbitt addresses the crowd in the Great Hall at the State House.The drum section of the Hamilton-Garrett Music and Arts Center band did an excellent job of opening up the Mass Cultural Council’s Grant Awards Event at the State House. They were joined by an outstanding horn section minutes later.Emily Ruddock the Executive Director of MASSCreative at the Mass Cultural Council Grant Awards Event.A large crowd of more than 300 gathered in The Great Hall at the State House for the Mass Cultural Council’s Grant Awards Event.Massachusetts Cultural Council Chair Nina Fialkow and Vice Chair Marc Carroll also spoke at the Grant Awards Event.
