The Georgetown Cultural Council (GCC) is part of a system of 351 local councils under the sponsorship of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) (for more information, go to: http://www.massculturalcouncil.org), which was created to promote excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all residents and contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.

For more than 30 years, the MCC has invested in the cultural life of Massachusetts. The Mass Council receives an annual appropriation from the state legislature. It then makes thousands of grants to the local cultural councils, including Georgetown, as well as to other non-profit cultural organizations, schools, communities and individuals artists. These funding programs use the arts, science and the humanities to build strong, diverse, livable communities. Distributions to each LCC are based on a local aid formula devised by the state. The formula takes into account population and property values, and is weighted to give larger distributions to poorer communities.

Massachusetts Cultural Council

What We Fund

This year, the Georgetown Cultural Council approved over $5900 in grants. Grants are available to non-profit organizations; schools; and individual artists based upon the Council’s evaluation of grant application, which occurs each year in the fall.

According to Council Co-Chair Patty Durkee, these grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Georgetown — including exhibits, festivals, short-term artist residencies or performances in schools, workshops and lectures. The Cultural also evaluates funding proposals from schools and youth groups through the PASS Program, a ticket subsidy program for school-aged children.

Local Funding Guidelines: priorities given to local artists or grant applications whose work will most directly benefit the greater Georgetown community

Fiscal Year 2011 grant applications will be due by Oct. 15th 2010.

Forms: For instructions and a copy of current Grant Application forms, go to: http://massculturalcouncil.org/applications/lccapp.html

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