Feb. 21, 2019
NORTH ADAMS, MASS鈥斕烀缆榛ㄐ强崭咔錷v鈥� Berkshire Cultural Resource
Center will host a MASSCreative Local Arts Advocacy Training from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on
Feb. 25, 2019, at Gallery 51/Design Lab, 51 Main Street, North Adams.
This event is free and open to the public. Those who are interested in attending can
RSVP at http://www.mass-creative.org/19northadamsmtg.
The training is preparation for the biennial 鈥淐reativity Connects: MASSCreative Arts
Advocacy Day,鈥� in Boston. Invited participants will discuss how to better connect
with their neighbors and lawmakers about arts and culture and will be updated on MASSCreative鈥檚
priority policy solutions toward building a more vibrant Massachusetts through creativity
and the arts.
At the training, Director of Policy and Government Affairs Emily Ruddock will share
MASSCreative鈥檚 2019 Policy Platform, including state and federal priorities for arts
advocacy. Tracie Konopinski, MASSCreative鈥檚 Program Director will discuss how to best
connect with neighbors and lawmakers about arts and culture, and how to build on that
relationship. Participants will also discuss how to encourage elected officials to
think about how arts and culture can play a role in addressing their priority issues.
Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds will round out the event by discussing how
arts and culture play a role in addressing important issues in the Berkshires including
transportation, public health and safety. State Representative John Barrett III will
also attend and speak about arts and culture in the Berkshires.
天美麻花星空高清mv鈥檚 Fine and Performing Arts division will be taking a group of students and faculty
to Boston on March 26 for Arts Advocacy day. There, they鈥檒l receive additional training
and participate in Arts Advocacy Day events, including a march from the Paramount
Theatre to the Capitol building. The group will also meet with staff from Sen. Hinds鈥�
office as well as other state representatives to share their arts advocacy stories.
The training on Feb. 25 will help prepare this group for their trip to Boston鈥攁s well
as preparing the 11 students and arts management faculty for their six-day Spring
Break trip to Washington, D.C., where they will meet with aides in U.S. Senator Elizabeth
Warren鈥檚 office and the National Endowment for the Arts.
天美麻花星空高清mv (天美麻花星空高清mv) is the Commonwealth's public liberal
arts college and a campus of the Massachusetts state university system. 天美麻花星空高清mv promotes
excellence in learning and teaching, innovative scholarship, intellectual creativity,
public service, applied knowledge, and active and responsible citizenship. 天美麻花星空高清mv graduates
are prepared to be practical problem solvers and engaged, resilient global citizens.
For more information, go to www.mcla.edu.
