Join MASSCreative, Sen. Paul Mark, Rep. Dan Donahue, and Community Access to the Arts for a press conference on the ACE Act on Friday, July 28th at 2:30 pm in Great Barrington, MA.

On Tuesday, July 11th, 2023, the MASSCreative Action Network co-hosted a press conference with Sen. Jake Oliveira, Rep. Pat Duffy, and The Polish Center of Discovery and Learning on the Cultural Equity in Tourism Bill.

MASSCreative, Senator Jake Oliveira, and Representative Pat Duffy invite you to join them for a press conference to publicly launch H.3244/S2194: An Act establishing a program to increase cultural equity in tourism promotion and marketing on Tuesday, July 11th at 11am in Chicopee, MA. The event is open to the public.

We’re hiring interns to help with organizing and advocacy, communications and development, and public policy work. Read for details about responsibilities and applications.

Welcome to our new and improved website! Thanks to support from the Mass Cultural Council, design work by Jasmine Tudor, development by Tyler Barnett, and consulting from Andréa Hudson, we designed this new site to make it easier for artists, creatives, cultural groups, and changemakers to advocate for a more equitable and inclusive creative sector.

MASSCreative submits letter to House and Senate leadership requesting $25M for the Mass Cultural Council in FY24 with 693 signatures.

Last week, MOAC for the City of Boston announced that they are establishing a $10M multi-year Cultural Investment Grant funded through local ARPA appropriations.

“Budgets are a reflection of our priorities: what we choose to spend public funds on is in direct relationship to what we value. The creative sector plays a crucial role in the vibrancy of our cities and towns. Artists, creative workers, and cultural organizations strengthen our connections to each other and our communities.” said Emily Ruddock, Executive Director of MASSCreative

Here are a few ways that we advocated for a more equitable and inclusive arts and cultural sector in MA in 2022.