Making history with first-ever gubernatorial arts debate

The creative community made history together when 500 arts and cultural supporters gathered for the first-ever gubernatorial candidate forum dedicated to arts and cultural issues. On July 15, Don Berwick, Martha Coakley, Evan Falchuk, Mark Fisher, Steve Grossman, and Jeff McCormick joined us at The Hanover Theatre in Worcester to answer questions from the community about arts, culture, and creativity. Ultimately, the event showed the candidates that arts matter in Massachusetts and should matter in this election.

In case you missed it, check out:

• our storify of the event;
• media coverage in Worcester Telegram & Gazette, MassLive, DigBoston, and Worcester Magazine;
• the video of the full program (with thanks to HowlRound for making the recording)!

Over the next three months, the race to elect the next Governor of Massachusetts will provide candidates and voters the opportunity to discuss the strengths and challenges of the Commonwealth and debate how we can strengthen the economy, improve our schools, and make our communities healthier and safer. Arts matter in Massachusetts and should be a part of these discussions.