Diane McCurley, Chairman
Dido67@AOL.com

508-423-5066

Click here for the GFWC Arts Community Service Program from the GFWC Club Manual.
Click here for the Arts Information Please pages.
Click here for the Arts Report Cover Sheet.
Click here for the Arts and Photography Contests.

VSA Massachusetts The State Organization of Arts and Disability

VSA Massachusetts promotes the involvement of people of all abilities in the cultural life of our communities and develops multi-sensory arts-based teaching strategies in our schools, opening new windows onto the general curriculum for all students.  VSAM is a leader in an international network founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith and affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  www.VSAMass.org

MASS MoCA
wwwMassMoCa.org
MASS MoCA is housed on a 13-acre campus of renovated 19th-century factory buildings in North Adams, Massachusetts. The complex occupies nearly one-third of the downtown business district. Since opening in 1999, MASS MoCA has become one of the world's premier centers for making and showing the best art of our time.

New England Foundation for the Arts
www.NEFA.org
The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is a nonprofit organization that provides leadership and resources that benefit artists, the public, arts funders, and policymakers throughout New England and beyond.  NEFA believes deeply in the power of the arts to educate, excite, inspire, and connect people of all backgrounds and ages. From school touring programs and artists’ conventions to public art and research initiatives, NEFA works creatively and collaboratively to support the arts and advocate for the economic and cultural value of the creative sector.

Worcester Art Musuem
www.WorcesterArt.org
Considered a “classic American museum,” the Worcester Art Museum has built a 35,000-piece collection that spans over fifty centuries. The Museum was founded in 1896 by Stephen Salisbury III and 50 prominent citizens of Worcester and opened to the public in 1898. The original collection consisted mainly of works on loan, along with plaster casts of famous ancient and Renaissance sculpture. 

www.Artscyclopedia.com is a great guide to art on the internet. Check out Art Museums in Massachusetts.
www.Sandwich.org
Did you know that Sandwich Massachusetts is sometimes called the “Museum Town”?
Sandwich is rich with historical and working museums for all ages to enjoy. Art enthusiasts can stroll through many art galleries, antique shops or visit the studios of local artisans glass blowers, painters and potters.

A Call to Action in Arts

Educate Yourself

• Contact your local college and take a fine art, contemporary art, photography, or pottery course.
• Join or start a square, ballroom, line, or ethnic dancing class and perform at senior centers, schools, and other venues.
• Visit local galleries or other venues to see and enjoy art exhibits.
• Join or start a choral group.

Inform Others

• Promote film festivals in the community.
• Sponsor ads in local theater playbills and programs and in school theater playbills.
• Donate tickets for young people, seniors, veterans, or victims of domestic violence to attend an art show, a symphony, the opera, or the theater.

Create Change

• Establish an award music, drama, or art scholarships.
• Support local theater groups with donations, help with set construction, make costumes, and assist with other production needs.
• Sponsor summer concert and theater programs.
• Establish a local club arts mini-grant program.
• Participate in community First Night events on New Year’s Eve each year.
• Sponsor senior citizens, youth at risk, incarcerated youth, latch-key youth, and after school craft workshops.
• Collect donated musical instruments for children in school bands and orchestras, and foster music and movement programs for young children.
• Sponsor an “Oldies” dance at a senior center.

Important Art Dates to Remember
February     Library Lovers Month
March          Youth Art Month
April            National Poetry Month
May             National Photography Month
October      National Arts and the Humanities Month, America for the Arts