‘If we don’t change our behavior and our mind-set,’ says Mass Cultural Council executive director Michael Bobbitt, ‘the level of crisis is something I’m not sure many will survive.

The Mass Cultural Council is poised to disburse nearly $75 million to the state’s cultural sector this year, a historic investment in a field still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This one has got to hurt. The Massachusetts Cultural Council may have to dial back its free-spending ways. On the chopping block could be some of the most luxurious lodgings, finest cuisine and ...

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly was awarded nearly $40,000 in state grants to support arts and cultural programming downtown. The ...

Mass Cultural Council Executive Director Michael Bobbitt speaks at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre Feb. 13, 2025, as the MCC announces $870,000 in grant funding for 58 cultural districts across ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Cultural Council gave out nearly 450 grants to artists at the State House on Monday. While the event primarily celebrated the $5000 unrestricted grants ...

Mass Cultural Council has partnered with Art Pharmacy, a private organization, to enable health care providers to prescribe participation in arts and culture activities and other community-based ...

Deborah Hall, executive director of Worcester nonprofit YWCA Central Massachusetts, has been named as one of 18 inaugural members of the state’s Cultural Economy Advisory Council, serving as the ...

BOSTON — Barbara Krauthamer, of Amherst, who once served in a leadership role with the Berkshire County Conference of Women Historians, has been appointed to the governing council of the Mass.