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MASSCREATIVE’S 2024 REFLECTION LETTER
Emily Ruddock, MASSCreative’s executive director, shares updates about some of our grassroots organizing and legislative achievements in 2024 and a glimpse of what we are preparing for 2025.
MASSCREATIVE WELCOMES 10 ARTS AND CULTURE LEADERS INTO 2024-2025 FELLOWSHIP
On Friday, November 22, 2024, MASSCreative welcomed 10 individuals into the 2024-2025 Advocacy & Organizing Fellowship during an in-person orientation at the Worcester Public Library.
Democracy without the Anxiety AND triggers: RICHELINE’S REFLECTION
Read Richeline's blog about attending the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. and how artists can play a role in strengthening communities and democracy.
MARCH 2024 UPDATES: RECENT POLICY WINS FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR
Three months into the new year, the Massachusetts creative sector is celebrating significant policy milestones through the Creative Sector Legislative Agenda, Economic Development Bond Bill, and FY25 Budget.
AN END-OF-2023 LETTER FROM EMILY RUDDOCK
It’s been an eventful and exciting year! In this letter, Emily shares her thoughts on our accomplishments in 2023 and things we’re looking ahead to in 2024.
ANNOUNCING OUR 2023-2024 ADVOCACY & ORGANIZING FELLOWS!
Meet our 2023-2024 Advocacy and Organizing Fellows!
IN THE NEWS
Boston Art Review Names Arts Policy & Civic Engagement Editor (Boston Art Review, November 13, 2025)
At the State House, Artists Speak Up for Policies to Support Massachusetts’s Creative Economy (Boston Art Review, October 25, 2025)
Facing Funding Cuts and Censorship Threats, Museums Band Together (New York Times, October 16, 2025)
Dwindling space for creative artists deserves a new approach (The Boston Globe, September 1, 2025)
Dennis Lehane on "Smoke," a Boston Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture recap, and Mahesh Daas (GBH’s The Culture Show, August 6, 2025)
Cultural Issues at the Heart of Boston Mayoral Race (Boston Art Review, August 3, 2025)
Mayoral candidates discuss arts and culture at Strand Theatre forum (Dorchester Reporter, August 1, 2025)
Boston’s mayoral candidates try to win over artists worried about displacement and funding (WBUR, July 31, 2025)
Live with Domingo DaRosa and MASSCreative (Java with Jimmy, July 30, 2025)
Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches Live Theater Tax Credit Pilot Program (Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, July 16, 2025)
As leaders of state and regional organizations, we’re sounding the alarm on Trump’s attacks on the arts (CommonWealth Beacon, June 2, 2025)
Mass. arts organizations upended as NEA claws back promised funds (WBUR, May 7, 2025)
Local arts groups count losses as NEA cancels grants (The Boston Globe, May 6, 2025)
Creative sector positions itself amidst funding battles (State House News Service, May 1, 2025)
Robert Pinsky, arts funding and advocacy, and public art in Kendall Square (GBH’s The Culture Show, April 28, 2025)
Episode 32: MASSCreative: 2025-26 Legislative Agenda, Art Advocacy Week, Create the Vote, & More (Culture Crisis Conversations Podcast, March 26, 2025)
Massachusetts announces its first state poet laureate position (Boston.com, February 8, 2025)
Boston arts organizations uneasy over possible loss of federal funding (WBUR, February 7, 2025)
‘It’s very hard to estimate what the next moves will be’: Mass. arts and culture leaders react to Trump order to pause federal funding (The Boston Globe, January 29, 2025)
Healey-Driscoll Administration Appoints Cultural Economy Advisory Council Members (Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Executive Office of Economic Development, September 20, 2024)