Arts & Culture Questionnaire for the Lowell Mayoral Candidates
Read the candidates responses here.
Personal Connection
1. In what personal manner are you currently supporting the creative community? Can you list the last two cultural events you attended that were not a campaign opportunity?
2. How will you work to support and grow the creative economy in Lowell?
3. How can the city incorporate arts into the city design and planning process?
4. How can the city support more public art initiatives?
City Investment in the Arts
1. In what personal manner are you currently supporting the creative community? Can you list the last two cultural events you attended that were not a campaign opportunity?
2. How will you work to support and grow the creative economy in Lowell?
3. How can the city incorporate arts into the city design and planning process?
4. How can the city support more public art initiatives?
City Investment in the Arts
5. Do you believe the art and creative community positively impacts our local economy? How?
6. Will you commit to increasing the investment in the arts and cultural community in Lowell by supporting motions that increase funding to that community?
6. Will you commit to increasing the investment in the arts and cultural community in Lowell by supporting motions that increase funding to that community?
Diversity & Inclusion in Arts & Culture
7. What is your opinion about the current cultural landscape in Lowell and how can we make it more inclusive?
8. Can you provide examples of how you do and would integrate the arts, culture, and creative community in ways that would support the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic diversity and youth?
