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MASSCREATIVE WELCOMES 11 ARTS AND CULTURE LEADERS INTO 2024-2025 FELLOWSHIP
On Friday, November 22, 2024, MASSCreative welcomed 11 individuals into the 2024-2025 Advocacy & Organizing Fellowship during an in-person orientation at the Worcester Public Library.
ANNOUNCING OUR 2023-2024 ADVOCACY & ORGANIZING FELLOWS!
Meet our 2023-2024 Advocacy and Organizing Fellows!
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Boston’s mayoral candidates try to win over artists worried about displacement and funding (WBUR, July 31, 2025)
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Massachusetts announces its first state poet laureate position (Boston.com, February 8, 2025)
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