MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL www.massculturalcouncil.org FY2019 Local Cultural Council Program Allocations for Local Regranting Senator Harriette L. Chandler

Boylston Cultural Council www.mass-culture.org/Boylston $4,600

Clinton Cultural Council www.mass-culture.org/Clinton $8,000

Holden Cultural Council www.mass-culture.org/Holden $6,700

Northborough Cultural Council www.mass-culture.org/Northborough $5,100

Princeton Cultural Council www.mass-culture.org/Princeton $4,600

West Boylston Cultural Council www.mass-culture.org/West-Boylston $5,000

Worcester Arts Council www.mass-culture.org/Worcester $120,800 MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL www.massculturalcouncil.org

FY2019 Direct Grants Senator Harriette L. Chandler

American Antiquarian Society, Worcester (www.americanantiquarian.org) $40,100 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to collect, preserve, and make available for use the printed and manuscript materials that record the history of the first 250 years of the United States.

ArtsWorcester, Inc. (www.artsworcester.org) $4,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to engage artists and the public to sustain and celebrate contemporary art in the city of Worcester.

Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Inc., Boylston (www.avmsingers.org) $3,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to enrich the quality of life for the people of the Assabet River Valley through the use of personal, expressive vocal music.

Canal District Alliance, Worcester (www.canaldistrictalliance.com) $2,500 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to support 16 youth from South High Community School to research, write, deliver, and lead public tours of The Canal District on wagons pulled by Belgian draft horses.

EcoTarium, Worcester (www.ecotarium.org) $32,500 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to inspire a passion for science and nature.

Joy of Music Program, Inc., Worcester (www.jomp.org) $11,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to foster community through accessible music education and performance, and to help students make music a joyful part of their daily lives by offering music education of the highest quality taught in a supportive, non-competitive environment.

Music Worcester, Inc. (www.musicworcester.org) $11,200 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: for public cultural programming.

Neighborhood Strings, Worcester (http://worcesterchambermusic.org/education- $16,000 outreach/neighborhood-strings) YouthReach Program: to provide free instruments and music lessons in string instruments, and an intensive mentorship by WCMS teaching artists to Main South neighborhood youth.

Preservation Worcester, Inc. (www.preservationworcester.org) $6,600 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to advocate and educate to maintain for future generations the sites and structures significant to the culture, history and architecture of the city, and to encourage excellence in future design.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston (www.towerhillbg.org) $33,300 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to inspire the use and appreciation of horticulture to improve lives, enrich communities, and strengthen commitment to the natural world.

Worcester Art Museum (www.worcesterart.org) $57,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to support the promotion of art and art education, the preservation and exhibition of works and objects of art, and the making and exhibiting of collections of such works; and to provide instruction in the industrial and fine arts for the benefit of all. MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL www.massculturalcouncil.org

FY2019 Direct Grants Senator Harriette L. Chandler

Worcester Center for Crafts, Inc. (www.worcestercraftcenter.org) $11,100 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to sustain craft as a vital part of our world through support for the craft-artist entrepreneur, craft education, and developing the craft market.

Worcester Center for Performing Arts (www.thehanovertheatre.org) $51,600 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to present Broadway shows, concerts, dance, comedy, and other performing arts.

Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. (www.worcesterchambermusic.org) $5,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to bring classical chamber music to a wide variety of people in the community.

Worcester County Mechanics Association (www.mechanicshall.org) $21,500 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to preserve and promote Mechanics Hall, America's finest pre- Civil War concert hall, as an inspirational performance and gathering space among emerging and established performing arts and presenting organizations.

Worcester Historical Museum (www.worcesterhistory.org) $3,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: to share the stories of community by collecting, interpreting and preserving the artifacts and documents of the history of the city of Worcester and all its people.

Worcester Public Schools (www.wpsweb.com) $16,000 YouthReach Program: to fund an after school instrumental program for Worcester Public School students in Grades 4-9, providing youth development and ensemble opportunities that may not be available at their home or school.

Worcester Schubertiad, Inc. (www.worcschubertiade.com) $2,500 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program: for a performing arts competition for high school students and college students who attend a Massachusetts colleges or universities.

Total FY19 Direct Grants: $327,900