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Amesbury Cultural Council
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Mission
Our goal is to help foster and promote the cultural enjoyment and enrichment of our citizens through local and regional arts and culture events and programs.
What do we do?
The Cultural Council solicits grant requests, selects grant recipients, and awards grant funds made available annually from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for the funding of artistic and cultural projects and programs in and around Amesbury.
The Cultural Council also organizes the annual Amesbury Open Studio Tour. This year's tour dates are November 13 and November 14.
Note for artists: The artist exhibitor application is attached and the deadline is September 30. The application deadline is earlier this year to allow more time for promotion and brochure production.
When do we meet?
The Cultural Council typically meets the second Thursday of the month at the Amesbury Cultural Center; for our specific meeting dates visit the Calendar of Events.
What's going on now?
There are many events coming this fall. Check the Calendar of Events for the green "Community Event" entries for listings, descriptions, and links to details.
Applications are being submitted now for the Open Studio Tour. The deadline as described above is September 30.
If you are applying for an LCC grant for 2011, be sure to pick up or print out an LCC grant application now (click here) - the state-mandated deadline for submitting your grant application is October 15.
Want to get involved?
The Amesbury Cultural Council is seeking new members; if interested you can obtain an application from this website's Boards and Commissions page and/or send email to our co-chairs for more information.
To volunteer to help with this year's Amesbury Open Studio Tour contact Su or Renee.
Members:
Su Bailey (co-chair) subailey13@gmail.com
Renee Schneider (co-chair) rd2fly@comcast.net
Mary Hichborn
Robert LaPlante
Rachel Kohn
Leah Hill
Marc Lisle
Pam Gilday
David Andrews
To learn more:
For information about the Local Cultural Council (LCC) grant program, visit the Massachusetts Cultural Council website.
To see a list of this year's grant recipients, click the Grant recipients tab on the Amesbury LCC page. To obtain an LCC Grant application for consideration for next year, click the Forms tab and then open the LCC Grant application link. The deadline for LCC grant applications is October 15.
For a sampling of artist's work from the 2009 Open Studio Tour, see the Amesbury Studio Tour blogspot site.
See this July 2010 Newburyport Daily News article describing this year's tour.
See this 2009 Newburyport Daily News article for additional information about last year's tour.
We're in the process of creating a new Amesbury Open Studio Tour website now and hope to have it ready soon...
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