The goal of the Shirley Cultural Council is to help develop cultural programs in the Town of Shirley and to award and administrate Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Grant funds. We are a volunteer board and are recommended to the Towns' Selectmen for appointment to the Shirley Cultural Council.
Funding Source:
The Shirley Cultural Council receives an annual allotment from the Massachusetts Cultural Council which we are required to distribute through a Grant process. This Grant Cycle has an annual deadline of October 15th.
Related Links:
Massachusetts Cultural Council - www.massculturalcouncil.org
Application for Grant: www.massculturalcouncil.org/applications/lccapp.pdf
Reimbursement form: www.massculturalcouncil.org/contracts/lccreim.pdf
Citizens and community businesses can also make donations to the Council. The Council awards grants to support arts enrichments in the school and the community. Shirley Cultural Council, 7 Keady Way, Shirley, MA 01464
e-mail:
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telephone: 978-425-2600, ext. 211
Members List:
Ellen Doiron
Holly Haase, Chair
Doris Huxley
Amy McDougall
Kathleen Rocco
2008 GRANTS AWARDED FOR TOWN OF SHIRLEY
The Shirley Cultural Council, has awarded five grants totaling $$4,000.00, for cultural programs in the Town of Shirley. The grants were awarded from a pool of funds distributed to the Town of Shirley by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that supports public programs and educational activities in the arts, sciences and humanities. Grant recipients for 2008 are as follows:
Hazen Library
Unseen Boarders, Stories in Sign and Voice
Hands-On Art Museum
Exhibit Updates
Shirley Arts!
A Children's Summer Musical; Fall/Winter Play;
Handel and Hayden Performance
Shirley Historical Society
Bridges to Shirley
Shirley's Historic Meetinghouse
2008 Concert and Recital Series
Shirley Charitable Foundation
2008 Summer Concerts
Fitchburg Art Museum
73rd Regional Exhibition of Arts and Crafts
2009 Grant applications must be in to the Council by October 15, 2008.
