Over the past few weeks, MASSCreative has been organizing district meetings throughout Boston, in an attempt to bring arts organizations in contact with their local representatives. This forum is a chance to share stories of how the arts impact and benefit their local communities and further, why funding for the arts needs to be increased.
We've held five meetings so far, after the success of the first kick-off meeting in Pittsfield, with more to come over the next few weeks.
Last week, at our district meeting in Jamaica Plain, arts organizations such as BalletRex, Stoneybrook Fine Arts and MassMouth had a chance to sit down with Representative Jeffrey Sánchez with the hopes of securing his support in an attempt to increase arts funding across the state for the arts. While, Rep. Sánchez acknowledged that he is focused on increasing the funding for Health Care and Education based programs, he has also promised to help increase funding for the arts. According to an article posted in the Jamaica Plain Gazette:
"He committed himself to advocating for greater funding and promised to co-sign a proposed budget amendment that would increase arts funding."
