Mass. Cultural Council grants: When level funding is a good thing

In these economic times, it's worth noting that the $1.3 million in new state funding for creative economy initiatives across Massachusetts announced by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Legislature's Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development on Wednesday is even with last year's payout. You'd think some clawbacks would apply, but no, so 37 groups got grants ranging from $4,000 to $70,000. I have to admit, the announcement reached me on Monday, but I was too busy trying to earn a living to note it here - I heard a brief report on WBZ on Wednesday, and otherwise the only report I've noticed was a brief writeup in Boston Business Journal. Among the recipients are Boston Cyberarts Festival, Cambridge Science Festival, and ArtsBoston’s new online arts and culture portal. Complete list is after the jump....

• AHA!, $35,000
• Alternatives Unlimited Inc., $35,000, for ValleyCAST!
• ArtsBoston Inc., $70,000 for Rewiring the Arts
• Axiom Gallery, $25,000 for Art technology new England
• Town of Barnstable, $40,000 for Harbor Your Arts
• Boston CyberArts Inc., $45,000 for Boston Cyberarts Festival
• Boston Redevelopment Authority, $30,000 for PoweringUp
• Cape & Islands Community Development Inc., $65,000 for handcrafted architecture and design elements
• Center for Independent Documentary, $65,000 for Refocusing the Lens
• Discovery Roxbury, $41,000 for Putting Roxbury on the Map
• Dudley Square Main Streets, $2,000 for Roxbury Cultural Exchange
• City of Easthampton, $30,000 for Arts Development Project
• Fitchburg Economic Development Office, $18,000 for REACH Fitchburg
• Five Colleges Inc., $60,000 for Museums 10
• City of Haverhill, $4,000 for River of Arts program
• Lawrence Community Development Corp., $55,000 for Live Lawrence
• LynnArts Inc., $25,000 for Third Thursdays in Central Square
• Mass. College of Art and Design, $40,000 for Designing an Industry
• Mass. College of Liberal Arts, $40,000 for the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center
• MassMoCA, $15,000 for Assets for Artists
• MIT Museum, $40,000 for Cambridge Science Festival
• Town of Montague, $40,000 for RiverCulture
• New Bedford Economic Development Council, $60,000 for Sustaining the Craetive Economy
• New England Forestry Foundation Inc., $45,000, North Quabbin Arts & Culture Portal
• New Words Live Inc., $5,000, Writing Women's Worth
• North of Boston Convention Bureau, $50,000, Art Escapes
• City of Pittsfield, $40,000, Cultural Pittsfield
• Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, $6,000, Fossil Fuel for the Valley
• seARTS, $26,000, Arts and Economic Development in Gloucester
• Somerville Arts Council, $22,500, ArtsUnion
• StageSource Inc., $5,000 Boston Arts Webzine
• TransCultural Exchange Inc., $43,000, Launching Massachusetts Into The Global marketplace
• UMass Dartmouth Professional and Continuing Education, $55,000, Arts Uniting Fall River
• Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Inc., $4,000, Wellfleet: Where Audiecnes and Artists Meet
• Worcester Cultural Coalition, $40,000, Discovering the Worcester Way,
• Zumix Inc., $4,000, East Boston Arts District

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