Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Artists Under the Dome Event Schedule
10:00am to 10:25am Artists were welcomed to The Great Hall and received their welcome packets
10:25 am Welcome by the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) (Great Hall)
Kathleen Bitett & Ja-nae Duane- Co-Founders of MALC
Anita Walker- Executive Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council
10:30am Welcome and opening remarks by Legislators and elected officials (Great Hall)
Legislators and Elected Officials who gave remarks
State Treasurer Steven Grossman
Chairwoman Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives- Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)
Chairwoman Representative Corey Atkins, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)
Chairmwoman Senator Eileen Donoghue*- Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business
Chairwoman Sarah Peake*- House Chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Representative Smitty Pignatelli- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development
Representative Denise Andrews- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development
Representative Chris Walsh- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development
*Both are former Chairs of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development
11:30am Group Photo (Grand Staircase)
11:30 - 12:30 am - Artists visit their Senator's and Representative's offices
12:30 to 1:30pm- Networking & Information Sharing Brown Bag Lunch (Great Hall)
Special Guests:
Kelly Bennett -Exhibitions Curator/Program Officer, Artist Fellowships, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Helena Fruscio- Industry Director for the Creative Economy, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Matt Wilson- Executive Director of MassCreative
1:30-2:00pm -Artists were invited to watch the House in session in the House Chambers and were acknowledged with a round of applause by the House Members.